A.wandering, roaming, of ships, Id.Pers.277 (lyr.) ; “πλαγκτὰ δ᾽ ὡσεί τις νεφέλα” E.Supp.961 (lyr.); π. ὕδωρ, of the Euripús, AP9.73 (Antiphil.) ; ἰός ib.6.75 (Paul. Sil.); πλαγκτὰν ὁδόν a devious route, Hymn.Is.149.
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.