ἐπίπλοος

A. sailing against, bearing down upon, attack or onset of a ship or fleet, Th. 2.90, X. HG 4.3.11, Plu. Lys. 11, etc.; ποιεῖσθαι ἐπίπλουν, = ἐπιπλεῖν, Th. 8.79; ἐ. ἐποιοῦντο τῇ Μιλήτῳ ib.30; ἐπὶ τὴν Σάμον ib.63; τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις Id. 3.78; τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ ἑκατὸν νεῶν ἐπίπλουν ἐξαρτύοντες fitting out 100 ships for the expedition against . ., Id. 2.17, cf. 56; ἐ. θέσθαι Plu. Aem. 9; rarely of friends, sailing towards, approach, ἐ. φίλιος Th. 8.102.