sail
sail
subs.
P. and V. ἱστίον, τό (generally pl., sing. in Plat. Parm., 131b and c), V. λαῖφος, τό.
Set sail: P. and V. ἀ̆παίρειν, ἀ̆νά̆γεσθαι, ἐξᾰνά̆γεσθαι, P. ἐπανάγεσθαι, ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, V. ἐξῑέναι κά̆λως ; see put out.
Shorten sail: Ar. and V. ὑ̆φί̄εσθαι
(absol.): see also furl.
How I may set a prosperous sail to the sea-girt land of Cyprus: V. ὅπη νεὼς στείλαιμʼ ἂν οὔριον πτερὸν εἰς γῆν ἐναλίαν Κύπρον (Eur. Hel. 147).
Voyage: P. and V. πλοῦς, ὁ ; see voyage.
subs.
P. and V. ἱστίον, τό (generally pl., sing. in Plat. Parm., 131b and c), V. λαῖφος, τό.
Set sail: P. and V. ἀ̆παίρειν, ἀ̆νά̆γεσθαι, ἐξᾰνά̆γεσθαι, P. ἐπανάγεσθαι, ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, V. ἐξῑέναι κά̆λως ; see put out.
Shorten sail: Ar. and V. ὑ̆φί̄εσθαι
(absol.): see also furl.
How I may set a prosperous sail to the sea-girt land of Cyprus: V. ὅπη νεὼς στείλαιμʼ ἂν οὔριον πτερὸν εἰς γῆν ἐναλίαν Κύπρον (Eur. Hel. 147).
Voyage: P. and V. πλοῦς, ὁ ; see voyage.
sail
v. trans.
Sail (a boat): P. and V. κῠβερνᾶν.
Sail (the sea, etc.): P. and V. πλεῖν (acc.), V. ναυστολεῖν (acc.). V. intrans. P. and V. πλεῖν, ναυτίλλεσθαι (also Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. ναυσθλοῦσθαι (also Ar.), ναυστολεῖν.
(of a ship): P. πλεῖν, V. τρέχειν.
Sail fast: P. ταχυναυτεῖν.
Put to sea: P. and V. ἀ̆νά̆γεσθαι, ἐξᾰνά̆γεσθαι, ἀ̆παίρειν, P. ἐπανάγεσθαι, ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ἀναπλεῖν ; see put out.
Sail across: Ar. and P. διαπλεῖν (absol. or acc.).
Sail against: P. ἐπιπλεῖν (dat. or absol.), προσπλεῖν (dat. or absol.).
Sail along the coast: P. παραπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail away: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποπλεῖν, P. and V. ἐκπλεῖν.
Sail back: P. ἐπαναπλεῖν.
Sail from: P. and V. ἀ̆παίρειν (ἀ̆πό, gen. or V. also gen. alone).
Sail home: P. καταπλεῖν.
Sail in or into: P. and V. εἰσπλεῖν (εἰς, acc. or V. acc. alone or absol.).
Sail in to attack: P. ἐπεισπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail in front: P. προπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail on board: P. ἐπιπλεῖν (ἐπί, gen. or absol.), ἐμπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail round: Ar. and P. περιπλεῖν (acc. or absol.).
Sail out: P. and V. ἐκπλεῖν.
Sail over: P. and V. πλεῖν (acc.), V. ναυστολεῖν (acc.).
Sail up: P. προσπλεῖν.
Sail up stream: P. ἀναπλεῖν (Thuc. 1.104).
Sail with: P. and V. συμπλεῖν (absol. or dat.), P. συνεκπλεῖν (absol. or dat.).
v. trans.
Sail (a boat): P. and V. κῠβερνᾶν.
Sail (the sea, etc.): P. and V. πλεῖν (acc.), V. ναυστολεῖν (acc.). V. intrans. P. and V. πλεῖν, ναυτίλλεσθαι (also Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and V. ναυσθλοῦσθαι (also Ar.), ναυστολεῖν.
(of a ship): P. πλεῖν, V. τρέχειν.
Sail fast: P. ταχυναυτεῖν.
Put to sea: P. and V. ἀ̆νά̆γεσθαι, ἐξᾰνά̆γεσθαι, ἀ̆παίρειν, P. ἐπανάγεσθαι, ἀναγωγὴν ποιεῖσθαι, ἀναπλεῖν ; see put out.
Sail across: Ar. and P. διαπλεῖν (absol. or acc.).
Sail against: P. ἐπιπλεῖν (dat. or absol.), προσπλεῖν (dat. or absol.).
Sail along the coast: P. παραπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail away: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποπλεῖν, P. and V. ἐκπλεῖν.
Sail back: P. ἐπαναπλεῖν.
Sail from: P. and V. ἀ̆παίρειν (ἀ̆πό, gen. or V. also gen. alone).
Sail home: P. καταπλεῖν.
Sail in or into: P. and V. εἰσπλεῖν (εἰς, acc. or V. acc. alone or absol.).
Sail in to attack: P. ἐπεισπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail in front: P. προπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail on board: P. ἐπιπλεῖν (ἐπί, gen. or absol.), ἐμπλεῖν (absol.).
Sail round: Ar. and P. περιπλεῖν (acc. or absol.).
Sail out: P. and V. ἐκπλεῖν.
Sail over: P. and V. πλεῖν (acc.), V. ναυστολεῖν (acc.).
Sail up: P. προσπλεῖν.
Sail up stream: P. ἀναπλεῖν (Thuc. 1.104).
Sail with: P. and V. συμπλεῖν (absol. or dat.), P. συνεκπλεῖν (absol. or dat.).
SAIL
s. PROP. velum. To set sail vela facere: vela pandere (PROP. and figuratively; opposed to remigare navem remis propellere; Vid: Cic. Tusc. 4 4 and 5 § 9): solvere navem et vela ventis dare (to set all sails). To furl the sails vela contrahere (also figuratively as Hor. Od. 2 10 23): to strike sails vela subducere (PROP.); cedere (figuratively = to give in to yield): to an tie at a place with all sails set velis passis aliquo pervehi (of persons): velo passo aliquo pervenire (of ships): to set sail = to loosen the ship navem solvere: without sails velis carens.
By metonymy = the whole ship navis. A fleet of thirty sail classis triginta navium.
Of a wind-mill perhaps ala.
s. PROP. velum. To set sail vela facere: vela pandere (PROP. and figuratively; opposed to remigare navem remis propellere; Vid: Cic. Tusc. 4 4 and 5 § 9): solvere navem et vela ventis dare (to set all sails). To furl the sails vela contrahere (also figuratively as Hor. Od. 2 10 23): to strike sails vela subducere (PROP.); cedere (figuratively = to give in to yield): to an tie at a place with all sails set velis passis aliquo pervehi (of persons): velo passo aliquo pervenire (of ships): to set sail = to loosen the ship navem solvere: without sails velis carens.
By metonymy = the whole ship navis. A fleet of thirty sail classis triginta navium.
Of a wind-mill perhaps ala.
v. To he conveyed or pass by sails vela facere: vela pandere (opposed to remigare or navem remis propellere): navigare (to pass by ship). To sail to a place vela dirigere ad aliquem locum; navem or cursum dirigere aliquo; tenere locum: he sailed for the place of his destination cursum direxit quo tendebat: to sail slowly tardius cursum conficere: to sail very quickly esse incredibili celeritate velis: to sail with a full fair wind pede aequo or pedibus aequis vehi: to sail with a half wind pedem facere or proferre; ventum obliquum captare: to sail about circumnavigare: to sail over transvehi: trajicere: transmittere: to sail over with the fleet to Euboea classem transvehere transmittere in Euboeam (☞ transfretare “to sail over the sea ” is a late word for which the best writers said mare trajicere or transmittere): to see through navigare: pernavigare (to sail all over): enavigare (to pass over by sailing in a certain time; e.g. to sail through the gulf in twelve days and nights sinum duodecim dierum et noctium remigio Plin. 9 3 2).
To set sail solvere navem or simply solvere (poetical vela ventis dare). To sail with a fleet classe navigare (but only with mention of the point to which one sails; e.g. to Macedonia classe navigare in Macedoniam): to sail from land a terra solvere: to sail from the harbor e portu solvere: the ship sails navis solvit; a terra provehitur navis. Ready to sail ad navigandum paratus; paratus ad navigandum atque omnibus rebus instructus.
To set sail solvere navem or simply solvere (poetical vela ventis dare). To sail with a fleet classe navigare (but only with mention of the point to which one sails; e.g. to Macedonia classe navigare in Macedoniam): to sail from land a terra solvere: to sail from the harbor e portu solvere: the ship sails navis solvit; a terra provehitur navis. Ready to sail ad navigandum paratus; paratus ad navigandum atque omnibus rebus instructus.
sail (subs.):
I. Lit.:
1. vēlum (gen. term): to set s., vela dare, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: Virg.: more rhetorically, v. pandere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, extr.: somewhat different is vela facere, to make s., as distinguished from rowing, Cic. Tusc. l. c.: to furl s., vela contrahere, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 24: subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45: legere, Virg. G. 1, 373: full s., velis passis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119.
2. poet. carbăsus, i, f.: n. pl. carbăsa, orum (lit. a kind of flax: used by meton. like our canvas): Virg. Aen. 3, 357.
3. only pl., lintea, orum: ib. 3, 686 (dare lintea retro = dare vela ...). Phr.: to set s., i. e. to commence a voyage, navem, naves solvere (weigh anchor), Caes. B. G. 4, 36: see also supr. (1).
II. Meton. = ship: use navis.
III. Of a windmill perh. brāchium or vēlum.
I. Lit.:
1. vēlum (gen. term): to set s., vela dare, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187: Virg.: more rhetorically, v. pandere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 4, extr.: somewhat different is vela facere, to make s., as distinguished from rowing, Cic. Tusc. l. c.: to furl s., vela contrahere, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 24: subducere, Auct. B. Alex. 45: legere, Virg. G. 1, 373: full s., velis passis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119.
2. poet. carbăsus, i, f.: n. pl. carbăsa, orum (lit. a kind of flax: used by meton. like our canvas): Virg. Aen. 3, 357.
3. only pl., lintea, orum: ib. 3, 686 (dare lintea retro = dare vela ...). Phr.: to set s., i. e. to commence a voyage, navem, naves solvere (weigh anchor), Caes. B. G. 4, 36: see also supr. (1).
II. Meton. = ship: use navis.
III. Of a windmill perh. brāchium or vēlum.
sail (v.):
I. To use s., be propelled by means of s.s: vēla făcio, 3, Cic. v. preced. art. init.
II. In wider sense, to go by sea, make a voyage:
1. nāvĭgo, 1 (to go by sea, whatever the motive power): suitable weather for s.ing, idoneum tempus ad navigandum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: et pass. Comps. (1.) ēnāvĭgo, 1 (to s. out, get clear of a certain place): Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, fin. (e scrupulosis cotibus e., fig.): Suet. (2.) pernāvĭgo, 1 (to s. through: v.RACE ): Plin. (3.) circumnāvĭgo, 1 (to s. round): Vell.
2. expr. by comps. of vĕhor ctus, 3 (to be conveyed in whatsoever way: the simple v rb in present sense perh. does not occur): (1.) advĕhor. 3 (to s to a place): Sall. Jug. 86 (Marius Uticam advehitur). (2.) ēvĕhor, 3 (to s. out, go out to sea: preferable to enavigo): s ing out from the Egean sea, they crossed over to Delos, evecti Aegaeo mari Delum trajecerunt Liv. 44, 28 extr.: cf. id. 21, 50, init, in altum evehi (opp. to the notion of remaining c ose ashore) (3.) transvĕhor. 3 (to s. or cross over): Sall. Jug. 18 (Medi navibus in Africam transvecti): Liv. (4) praetervĕhor, 3 (to s. past): Caes. B. C 3, 26. (5) circumvĕhor, 3 (to s. round): Liv. 10. 2 (circumvectus Brundisii promontorium, having rounded it) (6.) rĕvĕhor, 3 (to s. back): Hor.
3. to s along, coast along, lĕgo, lēgi. ctum, 3: Liv. 21, 51, fin.: decem navibus oram Italiae legens. Also in same sense praelego, 3: Tac
III. To set out on a voyage: vēla dare. navem (naves) solvere: v. preced art.
IV. Fig. to move along through the air: usu fĕror 3, irr.: cf. Virg. G. 1, 397 (of the movement of light fleecy clouds)
I. To use s., be propelled by means of s.s: vēla făcio, 3, Cic. v. preced. art. init.
II. In wider sense, to go by sea, make a voyage:
1. nāvĭgo, 1 (to go by sea, whatever the motive power): suitable weather for s.ing, idoneum tempus ad navigandum, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: et pass. Comps. (1.) ēnāvĭgo, 1 (to s. out, get clear of a certain place): Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, fin. (e scrupulosis cotibus e., fig.): Suet. (2.) pernāvĭgo, 1 (to s. through: v.
2. expr. by comps. of vĕhor ctus, 3 (to be conveyed in whatsoever way: the simple v rb in present sense perh. does not occur): (1.) advĕhor. 3 (to s to a place): Sall. Jug. 86 (Marius Uticam advehitur). (2.) ēvĕhor, 3 (to s. out, go out to sea: preferable to enavigo): s ing out from the Egean sea, they crossed over to Delos, evecti Aegaeo mari Delum trajecerunt Liv. 44, 28 extr.: cf. id. 21, 50, init, in altum evehi (opp. to the notion of remaining c ose ashore) (3.) transvĕhor. 3 (to s. or cross over): Sall. Jug. 18 (Medi navibus in Africam transvecti): Liv. (4) praetervĕhor, 3 (to s. past): Caes. B. C 3, 26. (5) circumvĕhor, 3 (to s. round): Liv. 10. 2 (circumvectus Brundisii promontorium, having rounded it) (6.) rĕvĕhor, 3 (to s. back): Hor.
3. to s along, coast along, lĕgo, lēgi. ctum, 3: Liv. 21, 51, fin.: decem navibus oram Italiae legens. Also in same sense praelego, 3: Tac
III. To set out on a voyage: vēla dare. navem (naves) solvere: v. preced art.
IV. Fig. to move along through the air: usu fĕror 3, irr.: cf. Virg. G. 1, 397 (of the movement of light fleecy clouds)
πλέω
πλέω, sail, go by sea
περιπλέω
to sail
ἱστίον
any web, a sail
συμπλέω
to sail in company with
a tattered garment, rags; cloth, sail
λινάρμενον
sail
μεταπλέω
change one’s sailing, sail on another tack
ναυτίλλομαι
to sail, go by sea
πλωΐζω
sail on the sea
σίφαρος
top-sail
σαγολαίφεα
sails
στολοδρομέω
sail in line
συναπαίρω
to sail
ἀντεξορμάω
sail
ἀρμενοποιέω
sail
Ἀρμενίζω
sail
ἐπεισπλέω
to sail in after
ἐρωτοπλοέω
sail on love’s ocean
πλέω, sail, go by sea
περιπλέω
to sail
ἱστίον
any web, a sail
συμπλέω
to sail in company with
appearing fewer than 50 times
λαῖφοςa tattered garment, rags; cloth, sail
λινάρμενον
sail
μεταπλέω
change one’s sailing, sail on another tack
ναυτίλλομαι
to sail, go by sea
πλωΐζω
sail on the sea
σίφαρος
top-sail
σαγολαίφεα
sails
στολοδρομέω
sail in line
συναπαίρω
to sail
ἀντεξορμάω
sail
ἀρμενοποιέω
sail
Ἀρμενίζω
sail
ἐπεισπλέω
to sail in after
ἐρωτοπλοέω
sail on love’s ocean
sail
Sails, invented by Daedalus
- Paus. 9.11.4