cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 62]; cf. [xiv, 40]) plávate (rarely P. °ti; pf. pupluve, [Br.] &c., 3. pl. vuḥ, [Hariv.]; aor. aploṣṭa, [Br.] &c., 2. pl. aploḍhvam, [Pāṇ. viii, 3, 78], Sch.; Prec. ploṣīṣṭa, [vii, 2, 43], Sch.; fut. ploṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; ind.p. -plū́ya, [ŚBr.]; -plutya, [MBh.] &c.), to float, swim, [RV.] &c. &c.; to bathe, [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; to go or cross in a boat, sail, navigate, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to sway to and fro, hover, soar, fly, [Br.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to blow (as the wind), [MBh.]; [Var.]; to pass away, vanish by degrees, [ŚBr.]; [R.] (v.l.); to be lengthened or prolated (as a vowel See pluta), [RPrāt.]; [ĀpŚr.], Sch.; (older form pru, q.v.) to hop, skip, leap, jump, spring from (abl.) or to or into or over or upon (acc.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Caus. plāvayati (rarely °te, or plavayati; aor. apiplavat, [Bhaṭṭ.], apupl° Gr.), to cause to float or swim, bathe, wash, inundate, submerge, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. ; to overwhelm i.e. supply abundantly with (instr.), [MBh.]; to wash away, remove (guilt, sin &c.), [MBh.]; [BhP.]; to purify, [MBh.]; to prolate (a vowel), [ŚrS.]; to cause to jump or stagger, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Desid. of Caus. piplāvayiṣati or puplāvayiṣati, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 81] : Desid. puplūṣate Gr.: Intens. poplūyate, to swim about or rapidly, [R.]; [Var.]
[cf. Gk. πλέω, πλεϝω, πλύνω; Old Lat. per-plovere; Lat. pluit, pluvius; Lith. plauti; Angl.Sax. flovan; Germ., flawjan, flawên, vlouwen &c.]