νηκτός
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
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.
