πλωτ-ός, ή, όν,
also ός, όν [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.203 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—epithet of the island of Aeolus, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.3, i.e. (as explained by 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis)] Refs 8th c.BC+] floating; νῆσος π. floating island, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.156; [τὴν γῆν] εἰπεῖν Θαλῆν.. πλωτὴν εἶναι.. ὥσπερ ξύλον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 294a30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀπήναισι χαλκεμβόλοις floating wains, i.e. ships, [[ “Tragica Adespota” 142 (= “Lyrica Adespota” 117) ] Refs]; of fish, swimming, ἰχθύων π. γένος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941.9; π. θῆρες 6th c.BC: Arion Lyricus 1; πλωτοί “Anthologia Graeca” 6.14 (Antip. Sid.), 23,296 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; πλωταὶ ἄγραι fishing,[[ [prev. work] 180 (1st c.BC: Archias)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; π. ἐγχέλεις, so called because they float on the surface, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.4c ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; muraenae, [[Colum. 8.17.8 (probably)] Refs]; but π. ζῷα water-animals generally, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πεζά, πτηνά, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 488a1, compare “Pol.” 1258b19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ π., of migratory fishes, opposed to τὰ μόνιμα, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 621b3, compare 607b26 ] Refs]; also of water-birds,[[ [prev. work] 504a7, “PA” 694a7; οἱ π. τῶν ὀρνίθων [prev. work] b2. ] Refs]
__II navigable, ἐς θάλασσαν οὐκέτι πλωτὴν ὑπὸ βραχέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.102; ποταμοί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 836b32, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.48.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be passed over in ships, opposed to πορευτός, [[ [prev. author] 1.42.2, etc.; π. οἶμος 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 889 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μήτε γῆν καρπὸν φέρειν μήτε θάλασσαν πλωτὴν εἶναι, formula in curses, [[ “IG” 3.1417, +others, compare “BMus.Inscription” 918 (Halic., 2nd-3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]