πλωτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, also ός, όν <span class="title">AP</span>5.203 (Mel.):—epith. of the island of Aeolus, <span class="bibl">Od.10.3</span>, i.e. (as expld. by Aristarch. ap. Eust.) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">floating;</b> <b class="b3">νῆσος π</b>. [[floating]] island, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.156</span>; [τὴν γῆν] εἰπεῖν Θαλῆν… πλωτὴν εἶναι… ὥσπερ ξύλον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span> 294a30</span>; <b class="b3">π. ἀπήναισι χαλκεμβόλοις</b> [[floating]] wains, i.e. ships, <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>142 (= <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>117); of fish, [[swimming]], ἰχθύων π. γένος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 941.9</span>; π. θῆρες <span class="bibl">Arion 1</span>; πλωτοί <span class="title">AP</span>6.14 (Antip. Sid.), 23,296 (Leon.); <b class="b3">πλωταὶ ἄγραι</b> [[fishing]], ib.<span class="bibl">180</span> (Arch.); <b class="b3">π. ἐγχέλεις</b>, so called because they [[float on the surface]], <span class="bibl">Ath.1.4c</span>; [[muraenae]], Colum.<span class="bibl">8.17.8</span> (prob.); but <b class="b3">π. ζῷα</b> [[water]]-animals generally, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Flat.</span>3</span>; opp. <b class="b3">πεζά, πτηνά</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>488a1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1258b19</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ π</b>., of [[migratory fishes]], opp. <b class="b3">τὰ μόνιμα</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>621b3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">607b26</span>; also of [[water-birds]], ib.<span class="bibl">504a7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>694a7</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ π. τῶν ὀρνίθων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">b2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[navigable]], ἐς θάλασσαν οὐκέτι πλωτὴν ὑπὸ βραχέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.102</span>; ποταμοί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>836b32</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.10.48.1</span>; to [[be passed over in ships]], opp. [[πορευτός]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.42.2</span>, etc.; π. οἶμος Lyc.889; <b class="b3">μήτε γῆν καρπὸν φέρειν μήτε θάλασσαν πλωτὴν εἶναι</b>, formula in curses, <span class="title">IG</span>3.1417, al., cf. <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>918 (Halic., ii/iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of seasons, [[fit for navigation]], <span class="bibl">Plb.1.37.10</span>: Subst. [[πλωτός]] (sc. [[καιρός]]), ὁ, [[the season for sailing]], π. καὶ ἀροτοῦ <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">All.</span>7</span>(s.v.l.).</span>