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|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>593</span> : ([[πλάζω]] A) :—poet. Adj. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wandering]], [[roaming]], of ships, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pers.</span>277</span> (lyr.) ; πλαγκτὰ δ' ὡσεί τις νεφέλα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>961</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. ὕδωρ</b>, of the Euripús, <span class="title">AP</span>9.73 (Antiphil.) ; [[ἰός]] ib.<span class="bibl">6.75</span> (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b3">πλαγκτὰν ὁδόν</b> a [[devious]] route, <span class="title">Hymn.Is.</span>149. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">π. ἄστρὰ</b>, = [[πλάνητες]], Alex.Eph. ap. Theo Sm.<span class="bibl">p.140</span> H. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[wandering in mind]], [[erring]], [[distraught]], <span class="bibl">Od.21.363</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>593</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Πλαγκταὶ πέτραι</b> rocks near Scylla and Charybdis, <span class="bibl">Od.12.59s</span>qq., <span class="bibl">23.327</span>; later identified with the [[Συμπληγάδες]] or [[Κυάνεαι]] of the Bosporus, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Peripl.M.Eux.</span>25</span>, Eratosth. ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>2</span>, etc.; but also with the volcanic islands of Lipari, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.924</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Apollod.1.9.25</span>.</span>