πλανάω
Etym. πλάνη
I. like πλάζω, "to make to wander, lead wandering about", Hdt., Aesch.:— "to lead from the subject", in talking, Dem.
2. "to lead astray, mislead, deceive", Soph., Plat.
II. Pass. "to wander, roam about, stray", Il., Aesch.; c. acc. loci, "to wander over", Lat. oberrare, Eur.; but c. acc. cogn., πολλοὺς ἑλιγμοὺς πλανᾶσθαι "to wander" about as in a labyrinth, Xen.:— of reports, "to wander abroad", Soph.
2. "to wander" in speaking, "digress", Hdt.
3. c. gen., πλαναθεὶς καιροῦ "having missed" one's opportunity, Pind.
4. "to do" a thing "irregularly or at random", Hdt.; ἐνύπνια τὰ ἐς ἀνθρώπους πεπλανημένα "that have visited" them "irregularly", id=Hdt.
5. "to wander in mind, to be at a loss", id=Hdt., Aesch.