πλαγκτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=πλαγκτή, πλαγκτόν, also ός, όν [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''593: ([[πλάζω]] A):—poet. Adj.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wandering]], [[roaming]], of ships, Id.''Pers.''277 (lyr.); πλαγκτὰ δ' ὡσεί τις νεφέλα [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Supplices|Supp.]]''961 (lyr.); <b class="b3">π. ὕδωρ</b>, of the Euripús, ''AP''9.73 (Antiphil.); [[ἰός]] ib.6.75 (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b3">πλαγκτὰν ὁδόν</b> a [[devious]] route, ''Hymn.Is.''149.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">π. ἄστρὰ</b>, = [[πλάνητες]], Alex.Eph. ap. Theo Sm.p.140 H.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[wandering in mind]], [[erring]], [[distraught]], Od.21.363, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''593.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Πλαγκταὶ πέτραι</b> rocks near Scylla and Charybdis, Od.12.59sqq., 23.327; later identified with the [[Συμπληγάδες]] or [[Κυάνεαι]] of the Bosporus, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.85, Arr.''Peripl.M.Eux.''25, Eratosth. ap. Sch.[[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Medea|Med.]]'' 2, etc.; but also with the volcanic islands of Lipari, A.R.4.924, cf. Apollod.1.9.25.