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