Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πλωτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλωτός πλωτή πλωτόν

Structure: πλωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: plw/w

Sense

  1. floating, swimmers
  2. navigable
  3. fit for navigation

Examples

  • ὑπόδειγμα δὲ αὐτοῦ τοιοῦτον οἳ δ’ ἐπείγοντο πλωταῖσ ἀπήναισι χαλκεμβόλοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1735)
  • οἷσ ἅμα χερσαίαισιν, ἅμ’ ἠερίαισιν ἐν ἄγραισ, Ἀγρεῦ, ἅμ’ ἐν πλωταῖσ, ὡσ πρίν ἀρωγὸσ ἴθι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 180 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. navigable

  2. fit for navigation

Related

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

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