πλαγκτός
ή, όν, ός, όν, Adj.
A.
wandering, roaming, of ships, Id. Pers. 277 (lyr.) ; πλαγκτὰ δ’ ὡσεί τις νεφέλα E. Supp. 961 (lyr.); π. ὕδωρ, of the Euripús, AP 9.73 (Antiphil.) ; ἰός ib.6.75 (Paul. Sil.); πλαγκτὰν ὁδόν a devious route, Hymn.Is. 149.
b.
π. ἄστρὰ, = πλάνητες, Alex.Eph. ap. Theo Sm.p.140 H.
2.
metaph., wandering in mind, erring, distraught, Od. 21.363, A. Ag. 593.
II.
Πλαγκταὶ πέτραι rocks near Scylla and Charybdis, Od. 12.59sqq., 23.327; later identified with the Συμπληγάδες or Κυάνεαι of the Bosporus, Hdt. 4.85, Arr. Peripl.M.Eux. 25, Eratosth. ap. Sch.E. Med. 2, etc.; but also with the volcanic islands of Lipari, A.R. 4.924, cf. Apollod. 1.9.25.