πλωτήρ

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ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλοςnature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks

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Transliteration A: plōtḗr Transliteration B: plōtēr Transliteration C: plotir Beta Code: plwh/r

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ῆρος, ὁ, (πλώω)

   A sailor, seaman, Archyt. ap. Stob.3.1.112, Ar.Ec.1087, Pl.R. 489a; including rowers, navigators, and passengers, Arist.Pol.1276 b20, 1279a4, Plot.4.3.21; epith. of the Dioscuri, IG42(1).511 (Epid., ii A. D.).    2 swimmer, Nonn.D.1.65, al., Musae.2; of fishes, Opp. H.2.196.    II as Adj., floating, λόφος Nonn.D.23.107.