Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτεροδόνητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτεροδόνητος πτεροδόνητον

Structure: πτεροδονητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: done/w

Sense

  1. moved by flapping wings, high-soaring

Examples

  • τῶν διθυράμβων γὰρ τὰ λαμπρὰ γίγνεται ἀέρια καὶ σκότιά γε καὶ κυαναυγέα καὶ πτεροδόνητα· (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric10)
  • οὐ γὰρ σὺ χαίρεισ πτεροδόνητοσ γενόμενοσ; (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric20)

Synonyms

  1. moved by flapping wings

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

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