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πτερόν

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτερόν πτεροῦ

Structure: πτερ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: pte/sqai

Sense

  1. feather
  2. wing
  3. Any winged creature
  4. Any wing-like object

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ τοῦ Ἀρχιλόχου ἐκεῖνο ἤδη σοι λέγω, ὅτι τέττιγα τοῦ πτεροῦ συνείληφασ, εἴπερ τινὰ ποιητὴν ἰάμβων ἀκούεισ Ἀρχίλοχον, Πάριον τὸ γένοσ, ἄνδρα κομιδῇ ἐλεύθερον καὶ παρρησίᾳ συνόντα, μηδὲν ὀκνοῦντα ὀνειδίζειν, εἰ καὶ ὅτι μάλιστα λυπήσειν ἔμελλε τοὺσ περιπετεῖσ ἐσομένουσ τῇ χολῇ τῶν ἰάμβων αὐτοῦ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 1:4)
  • ἐκεῖνοσ τοίνυν πρόσ τινοσ τῶν τοιούτων ἀκούσασ κακῶσ τέττιγα ἔφη τὸν ἄνδρα εἰληφέναι τοῦ πτεροῦ, εἰκάζων ἑαυτὸν τῷ τέττιγι ὁ Ἀρχίλοχοσ φύσει μὲν λάλῳ ὄντι καὶ ἄνευ τινὸσ ἀνάγκησ, ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ τοῦ πτεροῦ ληφθῇ, γεγωνότερον βοῶντι. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 1:5)
  • ᾖδον δ’ ὑπὸ φιλορνιθίασ πάντεσ μέλη, ὅπου χελιδὼν ἦν τισ ἐμπεποιημένη ἢ πηνέλοψ ἢ χήν τισ ἢ περιστερὰ ἢ πτέρυγεσ, ἢ πτεροῦ τι καὶ σμικρὸν προσῆν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 117)
  • "πῶσ ποτε ἐν τῷ Φαίδρῳ λέγεται τὸ τὴν τοῦ πτεροῦ φύσιν, ὑφ’ ἧσ ἄνω τὸ ἐμβριθὲσ ἀνάγεται, κεκοινωνηκέναι μάλιστα τῶν περὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ θείου; (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 6, section 11)
  • ὦ δαιμόνιε μὴ νουθέτει μ’ ἀλλὰ πτέρου. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. feather

  2. wing

  3. Any winged creature

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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