Quick Definition
καταπλέω v. I sail down
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 4126; to sail down upon a place, i.e. to land at
KJV Usage: arrive
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. κατέπλευσα | πλέω
54.13 · Maritime Activities
to sail toward shore, to approach a shore to sail down to a coast
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατα-πλέω : 1 aor. κατέπλευσα ; [fr. Hom. on]; to sail down from the deep sea to land; to put in: εἰς τὴν χώραν, LK. viii. 26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταπλέω katapleō 1x
to sail towards land, to come to land, Lk. 8:26*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* κατα-πλέω, -ῶ, to sail down, sail to land, put in: εἰς τ. χώραν, Lk 8:26.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταπλέω is the word regularly used for ‘‘ sailing down” the Nile to Alexandria: cf. e.g. P Lille I, 177 (iii/B.c.) καταπλεῖ yap els ᾿Αλεξάνδρεαν Φίλων, P Magd 225 (B.c. 221) πρὶν τοῦ] καταπλεῦσαί pe els τὴν πόλιν : cf. also P Giss I. 2519 (Rom.) συνέστησα yap αὐτὸν διὰ τό σε τότε καταπεπλευκέναι, OG/S 344° (i/B.C.) οἱ καταπλέοντες εἰς Βιθυνίαν ἔμποροι καὶ ναύκληροι. For the subst. see P Flor I. 614 (A.p. 210) εἰς τὸν
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταπλέω (katapleō) — to sail. καταπλέω, Ionic καταπλώω [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices: aorist -έπλωσα [Refs], +others:— sail down; i.e.,
1. sail from the high sea to land, put in, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἐκ Πόντου ναῦς Ἀθήναζε κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sail home, [Refs 5th c.BC+] having lately come ashore, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, to be brought by sea, [Refs 3rd c.BC+].
2. sail down stream, [ἐς] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Egypt, down the Nile, κ. εἰς τὴν πόλιν (i.e. Alexandria) [Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; of fish, swim down stream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. sail back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]