Πλωτὴ νῆσος

floating island

Translated by David Whitehead3 Mar 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

4 words
One which is afloat.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πλωτὴ νῆσος· ἡ πλεομένη.

Betacode
*plwth\ nh=sos: h( pleome/nh.

Notes

  1. The headword phrase is most famously used of Aeolus' island in Homer, Odyssey 10.3 (dative case, web address 1); but see also Herodotus 2.156 for one in Egypt (web address 2).
    For the adjective cf. pi 1812.

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π1807ΠλώωI sailπ1808Πλώσιμονnavigable, suitable for sailingπ1809Πλωτὴ νῆσοςfloating islandπ1810Πλωτῆρεςboatmenπ1811ΠλωτῖνοςPlotinos, Plotinus
Revision history3 revisions · last 3 May 2011
  1. raised status — Catharine Roth
  2. x-ref — David Whitehead
  3. added links, set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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