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πτέρυξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτέρυξ πτέρυγος

Structure: πτερυγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. wing
  2. (in the plural) feathers
  3. (in the plural) fins
  4. (poetic) flight
  5. Anything which resembles a wing: rudder, oar
  6. The flaps at the bottom of armour
  7. The edge of a sword or axe
  8. earlobe
  9. shoulder blade

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πτέρυξ πτέρυγε πτέρυγες
Genitive πτέρυγος πτερύγοιν πτερύγων
Dative πτέρυγι πτερύγοιν πτέρυξιν*
Accusative πτέρυγα πτέρυγε πτέρυγας
Vocative πτέρυξ πτέρυγε πτέρυγες

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

  • ἐν τῇ πτέρυγι ποίημα χρύσεον αὐτέῳ ἀνακέατο, καί μιν ἐγὼ πολλάκισ ἐθεησάμην, καὶ εἶχεν τὸ ποίημα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 45:5)
  • "τί δ’ οὖν πτέρυγι καὶ ὀφθαλμῷ κοινόν ἐστιν; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 14:9)
  • πτέρυγι δὲ καπνὸσ ὥσ τισ οὐ‐ ρανίᾳ πεσοῦσα δορὶ καταφθίνει γᾶ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric6)
  • κόνισ δ’ ἴσα καπνῷ πτέρυγι πρὸσ αἰθέρα ᾆστον οἴκων ἐμῶν με θήσει. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 14)
  • ᾇ σαίρω δάπεδον θεοῦ παναμέριοσ ἅμ’ ἁλίου πτέρυγι θοᾷ λατρεύων τὸ κατ’ ἦμαρ. (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. wing

  2. feathers

  3. fins

  4. flight

  5. The edge of a sword or axe

  6. shoulder blade

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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