πλωός

A. floating; νῆσος π. floating island, Hdt. 2.156; [τὴν γῆν] εἰπεῖν Θαλῆν . . πλωτὴν εἶναι . . ὥσπερ ξύλον Arist. Cael. 294a30; π. ἀπήναισι χαλκεμβόλοις floating wains, 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 they float on the surface, Ath. 1.4c; muraenae, Colum.8.17.8 (prob.); but π. ζῷα water-animals generally, Hp. Flat. 3; opp. πεζά, πτηνά, Arist. HA 488a1, cf. Pol. 1258b19; τὰ π., of migratory fishes, opp. τὰ μόνιμα, Id. HA 621b3, cf. 607b26; also of water-birds, ib.504a7, PA 694a7; οἱ π. τῶν ὀρνίθων ib.b2.

II. navigable, ἐς θάλασσαν οὐκέτι πλωτὴν ὑπὸ βραχέων Hdt. 2.102; ποταμοί Arist. Mir. 836b32, Plb. 10.48.1; to be passed over in ships, opp. πορευτός, Id. 1.42.2, etc.; π. οἶμος Lyc. 889; μήτε γῆν καρπὸν φέρειν μήτε θάλασσαν πλωτὴν εἶναι, formula in curses, IG 3.1417, al., cf. BMus.Inscr. 918 (Halic., ii/iii A. D.).

2. of seasons, fit for navigation, Plb. 1.37.10: Subst. πλωτός (sc. καιρός), ὁ, the season for sailing, π. καὶ ἀροτοῦ Heraclit. All. 7(s.v.l.).