- πλανήτης
- πλανήτης, ου, ὁ (πλάνης; Soph. et al.; Vett. Val. 65, 4; Hos 9:17; Jos., Ant. 3, 145; Tat.; Ath. 23, 2) wanderer, roamer used as subst. and adj. in our lit. only in the combination ἀστέρες πλανῆται (Aristot., Meteor. 1, 6; Plut., Mor. 604a; 905c f; Ps.-Lucian. Astrol. 14, Salt. 7 al.; PGM 7, 513, mostly of the planets, which appeared to ‘wander’ across the skies among the fixed stars) in imagery, w. tradition such as En 18:15f as background: wandering stars Jd 13 (the v.l. πλάνητες [s. πλάνης] is by no means rare in other lit., e.g. X., Mem. 4, 7, 5; Aristot., Met. 342b, 28 in just this combination).—S. ἀστήρ end. DELG s.v. πλανάομαι. M-M. TW.
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