πλαγκτός
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, also ός, όν A.Ag.593 : (πλάζω A) :—poet. Adj.
A wandering, roaming, of ships, Id.Pers.277 (lyr.) ; πλαγκτὰ δ' ὡσεί τις νεφέλα E.Supp.961 (lyr.); π. ὕδωρ, of the Euripús, AP9.73 (Antiphil.) ; ἰός ib.6.75 (Paul. Sil.); πλαγκτὰν ὁδόν a devious route, Hymn.Is.149. b π. ἄστρὰ, = 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.12.59sqq., 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.
