πλοος πλοῦς, genitive πλόου πλοῦ, and in later writings πλοός (Act_27:9; Arrian peripl. erythr., p. 176 § 61; see νοῦς (and cf. Lob. Paralip., p. 173f)) (πλέω), from Homer, Odyssey 3, 169 down; voyage: Act_21:7; Act_27:9-10 (Wis_14:1).

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** πλόος , πλούς , gen ., -όου , -οῦ (and in late writers also πλοός , like νοός from νοῦς ), ὁ ( < πλέω ), [in LXX : Wis_14:1 * ;] a voyage : Act_21:7 ; Act_27:9-10 .†

πλόος / πλοῦς [page 521] The late gen. πλοός , as in Act_27:9 , occurs in OGIS 572 .21 (ii/A.D.) ὀφειλήσει τῷ δήμῳ ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου πλοός : cf. ib. 132 .9 (B.C. 130) ἐπὶ τῶν πλῶν , and see Blass-Debrunner § 52. Other exx. of the word are P Oxy IV. 727 .11 (A.D. 154) οὐ δυν [ά ]μενοι κατὰ τὸ παρὸν τὸν ἰς Αἴγυπτον πλοῦν ποιήσασθ [α ]ι , and similarly P Tebt II. 317 .10 (A.D. 174 5). In an inscr. from Hierapolis, Syll 872 (= .3 1229) .3 , we hear of a merchant who had made πλόας ἑβδομήκοντα δύο between Malea and Italy an interesting ex. of the facilities of travel at the time.

πλόος πλόος, ὁ, [Etym: πλέω] "a sailing, voyage", Od. , Hdt. , attic; πλοῦν στέλλειν, ποιεῖσθαι Soph. ; μῆκός ἐστι πλόος ἡμέραι τέσσερες its length is four days' "sail", Hdt. "time or tide for sailing", Hes. , Soph. , etc.; πλῷ χρῆσθαι to have a fair wind, Thuc. proverb., δεύτερος πλοῦς, "the next best way" (from those who use oars when the wind fails), Plat.

πλόος, πλούς genitive, -όου, -oῦ (and in late writers also πλοός, like νοός from νοῦς), ὁ (πλέω), [in LXX: Wis.14:1 * ;] a voyage: Act.21:7 27:9-10.† (AS)