Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πλαγκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλαγκτός πλαγκτή πλαγκτόν

Structure: πλαγκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pla/zomai

Sense

  1. wandering, roaming
  2. wandering in mind, erring, distraught

Examples

  • ὑπὸ τῆσ ὀξύτητοσ τῶν πλαγκτῶν πετρῶν καὶ τῆσ λειότητοσ ἀφαιρεῖσθαι λέγων μίαν τῶν Πλειάδων, ἄλλην δὲ πρὸσ τοῦ Διὸσ ἐνίεσθαι χάριν τοῦ σῴζειν τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν, ποιητικῶσ αἰνιττόμενοσ ὅτι τῶν Πλειάδων ἓξ ὁρωμένων ὅμωσ ὁ ἀριθμὸσ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπόλλυται, λέγονται δὲ καὶ τῷ ἀριθμῷ καὶ τοῖσ ὀνόμασιν ἑπτά. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 82 4:1)
  • καὶ ὁ κατὰ τὰσ στήλασ δὲ πορθμὸσ καὶ ὁ κατὰ Σικελίαν ὑπηγόρευον αὐτῷ τὸν περὶ τῶν Πλαγκτῶν μῦθον. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 24:9)

Synonyms

  1. wandering

  2. wandering in mind

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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