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πολύπλαγκτος

πολύπλαγκτος, much-wandering, wide-roaming

πολύ-πλαγκτος, ον, (πλάζω)
  • much-wandering, wide-roving, ληϊστῆρσι π. Od. 17.425, cf. 511; of Io, A. Supp. 572 (lyr.); π. ἔτεα S. Aj. 1186 (lyr.); οὐκ ἂν εἰδείης ἕτερον . . πολυπλαγκτότερον E. HF 1197 (lyr.).
      • 2 ever-moving, ἰκτῖνοι (prob.l.) Thgn. 1257; μέλεα Parm. 16.1.
      • 3 much-erring, πραπίδες IG 14.1424 (Rome).
    • II driving far from oneʼs course, ἄνεμος Il. 11.308 (unless in signf. I.1).—In S. Ant. 615 (lyr.) π. ἐλπίς may be either wandering, uncertain hope, or, misleading, deceitful; cf. πολυπλανής II.

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