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πλαγκτός

πλαγκτός, wandering, roaming

πλαγκ-τός, ή, όν, also ός, όν A. Ag. 593: (πλάζω A):—poet. Adj.
  • wandering, roaming, of ships, Id. Pers. 277 (lyr.); πλαγκτὰ δʼ ὡσεί τις νεφέλα E. Supp. 961 (lyr.); π. ὕδωρ, of the Euripus, AP 9.73 (Antiphil.); ἰός ib. 6.75 (Paul.Sil.); πλαγκτὰν ὁδόν a devious route, Hymn.Is. 149.
        • b π. ἄστρα, = πλάνητες, Alex.Eph. ap. Theo Sm. p.140 H.
      • 2 metaph., wandering in mind, erring, distraught, Od. 21.363, A. Ag. 593.
    • II Πλαγκταὶ πέτραι rocks near Scylla and Charybdis, Od. 12.59 sqq., 23.327; later identified with the Συμπληγάδες or Κυάνεαι of the Bosporus, Hdt. 4.85, Arr. Peripl.M.Eux. 25, Eratosth. ap. Sch. E. Med. 2, etc.; but also with the volcanic islands of Lipari, A.R. 4.924, cf. Apollod. 1.9.25.

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