πολύπλαγκτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (πλάζω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">much-wandering, wide-rouing</b>, ληϊστῆρσι π. <span class="bibl">Od.17.425</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">511</span>; of <span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>572</span> (lyr.); π. ἔτεα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1.186</span> (lyr.); οὐκ ἂν εἰδείης ἕτερον . . πολυπλαγκτότερον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1197</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">evermoving</b>, <b class="b3">ἰκτῖνοι</b> (prob.l.) <span class="bibl">Thgn.1257</span>; μέλεα <span class="bibl">Parm.16.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">much-erring</b>, πραπίδες <span class="title">IG</span>14.1424 (Rome). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">driving far from one's course</b>, ἄνεμος <span class="bibl">Il.11.308</span> (unless in signf. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>).—In <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>615</span> (lyr.) <b class="b3">π. ἐλπίς</b> may be either <b class="b2">wandering, uncertain</b> hope, or, <b class="b2">misleading, deceitful;</b> cf. πολυπλανής <span class="bibl">11</span>.</span>