πλωάς
From LSJ
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ, (πλώω)
A = πλώουσα, sailing or floating about, ὄρνιθες A.R.2.1053 (EM731.40, but πλωίδας codd.):—also πλωϊάδες νεφέλαι Thphr. ap. Plu.2.292c; αἱ πλωάδες νῆσοι (πλοάδες codd.)
A floating islands in Lake Copais, Thphr.HP4.10.2, 4.12.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 639] ἡ, = πλώουσα, Sp., die schwimmende, herumirrende, unstäte, νεφέλη, s. das Folgde.