πλωός

πλω-ός, ή, όν, also ός, όν AP5.203 (Mel.):—epith. of the island of Aeolus, Od.10.3, i.e. (as expld. by Aristarch. ap. Eust.)

A floating; νῆσος π. floating island, Hdt.2.156; [

τὴν γῆν] εἰπεῖν Θαλῆν . . πλωτὴν εἶναι . . ὥσπερ ξύλον Arist.Cael. 294a30

; π. ἀπήναισι χαλκεμβόλοις 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 AP6.14

(Antip. Sid.), 23,296 (Leon.); πλωταὶ ἄγραι fishing, ib.180 (Arch.); π. ἐγχέλεις, so called because they float on the surface, Ath.1.4c; muraenae, Colum.8.17.8 (prob.); but π. ζῷα water-animals generally, Hp.Flat.3; opp. πεζά, πτηνά, Arist. HA488a1, cf. Pol.1258b19; τὰ π., of migratory fishes, opp. τὰ μόνιμα, Id.HA621b3, cf. 607b26; also of water-birds, ib.504a7, PA694a7; οἱ π. τῶν ὀρνίθων ib.b2.

II 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

; μήτε γῆν καρπὸν φέρειν μήτε θάλασσαν πλωτὴν εἶναι, formula in curses, IG3.1417, al., cf. BMus.Inscr.918 (Halic., ii/iii A. D.).

2 of seasons, fit for navigation, Plb.1.37.10: Subst. πλωτός (sc. καιρός), ὁ, the season for sailing,

π. καὶ ἀροτοῦ Heraclit.All.7

(s.v.l.).