Lexical Definition

‎πλέω‎ pléō (pleh'-o) to sail ^G:V
probably a form of ‎πλύνω‎ (through the idea of plunging through the water)

sail.

• to pass in a vessel

Abbott-Smith

πλέω, [in LXX, seq. εἰς, Jon.1.3 (בּוֹא), I Es 4:23, Is 42:10; seq. ἐπί, IV Mac 7:3; c. acc. (poët.), Si 43:24, I Mac 13:29 (cf. Ac 27:2, Rec.)*;]
to sail: Lk 8:23, Ac 27:24; seq. εἰς, Ac 21:3 27:2, 6; ἐπί, Re 18:17 (cf. ἀπό-, δια-, ἐκ-, κατα-, παρα-, ὑπο-πλέω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πλέω,

Epic dialect πλείω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect ἀπ-έπλειον [Refs]: also Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πλώω (see. below): Attic dialect contraction imperative πλεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πλεύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+], found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect πλευσοῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but 3rd.pers. plural πλεύσονται [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; πλεύσω [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: aorist 1 ἔπλευσα [Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: perfect πέπλευκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future πλευσθήσομαι (περι-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἐπλεύσθην[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect πέπλευσμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]present, imperfect, and future πλεύσομαι (see. above).—Of the Ionic dialect πλώω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle ἐπι-πλώων[Refs]: imperfect πλῶον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also shortened aorist ἔπλων, ως, ω, participle πλώς, in the compounds ἀπ-έπλω, ἐπ-έπλως, participle ἐπιπλώς, παρέπλ; and [Refs 8th c.BC+] has ἐπ-έπλω; the present, imperfect, and future forms occur as variants in [Refs 5th c.BC+], infinitive πλώειν [Refs], participle πλωούσας [Refs]imperfect ἔπλωον[Refs]; Iterat. πλώεσκον [Refs 4th c.AD+]future πλώσομαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but the aorist 1 forms are read in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive πλῶσαι [Refs]; participle πλώσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect παρα-πέπλωκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πέπλωκα occurs [Refs 5th c.BC+]—Only εε and εει are contracted in Attic dialect (πλέει is falsa lectio in [πλέων">Refs 8th c.BC+] as monosyllable, πλέων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—sail, go by sea, Λακεδαίμονος ἐξ ἐρατεινῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐπὶ [σῖτον] to fetch it, [Refs]; μετὰ [νάκος] [πλέων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.88; πλέεν.. ποντοπορεύων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.278; ἐν τῇ νηΐ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 341d ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ[Refs 8th c.BC+] sail the watery ways, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, τὸ πεπλευσμένον [πέλαγος] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ γῆς μὴ πλεῖν when on land do not be at sea, i.e. avoid the hazards of tax-farming, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II of ships, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.2 of other things, swim, float, τεύχεα καλὰ.. πλῶον καὶ νέκυες [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II.3 to be conveyed by sea, [σκῦλα] πλέοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 metaphorically, ταύτης ἔπι πλέοντες ὀρθῆς while [the ship of] our country bearing us is on an even keel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ὅπως ὀρθὴ πλεύσεται (i.e. ἡ πόλις) προείδετο [Refs 5th c.BC+] cf. Sanskrit plávate 'float', 'swim', Latin pluit; with πλω- cf. Gothic flōdus 'river', 'flood', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] flćwan 'flow'.)