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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

  • στίλβουσι δ’ ὥστε ποταμίου κύκνου πτερόν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:13)
  • οὐδαμῶσ, ἀλλ’ ὁ Ἑρμῆσ, οὗπερ ἱερόσ εἰμι, ἐξαίρετον ἔδωκέ μοι τοῦτο, ἤν τισ τὸ οὐραῖον πτερὸν τὸ μήκιστον, ὃ δι’ ἁπαλότητα ἐπικαμπέσ ἐστι ‐ δύο δ’ ἔστι σοι τοιαῦτα. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 28:8)
  • παρήγγειλε γὰρ ὁ Ἑρμῆσ, ἤν τι τοιοῦτον ἐργάσηται ὁ ἔχων τὸ πτερόν, ἀναβοήσαντά με καταφωρᾶσαι αὐτόν. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 28:14)
  • ἐπίθεσ τὸ πτερὸν ἐπὶ τὸ κλεῖθρον, ἰδοὺ δή. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 29:6)
  • φέρε νυν ἀπὸ τοῦ κράνουσ μοι τὸ πτερόν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, strophe 2 1:17)

Synonyms

  1. feather

  2. wing

  3. Any winged creature

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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