πλω-ός,ή,όν, alsoός,όν
AP 5.203 ( Mel. ):—epith. of the island of Aeolus, Od. 10.3 , i.e. (as expld. by Aristarch. ap. Eust. )
A. floating; νῆσος π. floatingisland, Hdt. 2.156 ; [ τὴν γῆν] εἰπεῖν Θαλῆν . . πλωτὴν εἶναι . . ὥσπερ ξύλον
Arist. Cael. 294a30
;π. ἀπήναισι χαλκεμβόλοις floatingwains, 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. );πλωταὶ ἄγραι fishing,ib. 180 ( Arch. );π. ἐγχέλεις,so called because theyfloat on the surface,
Ath. 1.4c ;muraenae,Colum. 8.17.8 (prob.); butπ. ζῷα water-animals generally, Hp. Flat. 3 ; opp.πεζά, πτηνά,
Arist. HA 488a1 , cf. Pol. 1258b19 ;τὰ π.,ofmigratory fishes,opp.τὰ μόνιμα,