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ἄπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπτερος

Structure: ἀπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. without wings, unwinged, without wings, wingless
  2. unfeathered
  3. unfledged, callow, unfledged, unconfirmed

Examples

  • Κυδωνία δ’ ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ μὲν ἵδρυται βλέπουσα πρὸσ τὴν Λακωνικήν, διέχει δ’ ἑκατέρασ τὸ ἴσον τῆσ τε Κνωσσοῦ καὶ τῆσ Γόρτυνοσ οἱο͂ν ὀκτακοσίουσ σταδίουσ, Ἀπτέρασ δὲ ὀγδοήκοντα, τῆσ ταύτῃ δὲ θαλάττησ τετταράκοντα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 4 18:1)
  • Ἀπτέρασ δ’ ἐπίνειόν ἐστι Κίσαμοσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 4 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. unfledged

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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