νηκτός
From LSJ
ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας συνουσία → passionate friendship between males
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A swimming, opp. χερσαῖος, Arist. Mu.398b31, cf. Plu.2.636e; ν. πλῆθος ἰχθύων Vett.Val.344.15, cf.AP 6.4 (Leon.); of a shield, ib.9.115; in air as well as water, Ph.1.14; τὸ πτηνὸν καὶ πεζὸν καὶ νηκτόν Gal.18(1).207; but τὸ ν. power of swimming, Anacreont.24.5.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νηκτός: -ή, -όν, ὁ νηχόμενος, ἀντίθετ. τῷ χερσαῖος, Ἀριστ. π. Κόσμ. 6. 16, Πλούτ. 2. 636Ε· ἐπὶ ἰχθύος, Ἀνθ. Π. 4. 196· ἐπὶ τῆς ἀσπίδος τοῦ Ἀχιλλέως, ἣν ἡ θάλασσα ἐκόμισεν ἐπιπλέουσαν παρὰ τὸν τύμβον τοῦ Αἴαντος, αὐτόθι 9. 115: ἐν τῷ ἀέρι ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ ὕδατι, Φίλων 1. 14· - τὸ νηκτόν, ἡ δύναμις τοῦ νήχεσθαι, κολυμβᾶν, Ἀνακρεόντ. 24. 5.
