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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

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

  • αὐτοὶ ἑωράκατε ὅσα πεποίηκα τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ, καὶ ἀνέλαβον ὑμᾶσ ὡσεὶ ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀετῶν καὶ προσηγαγόμην ὑμᾶσ πρὸσ ἐμαυτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 19:4)
  • καὶ ἐκκλάσει αὐτὸ ἐκ τῶν πτερύγων καὶ οὐ διελεῖ, καὶ ἐπιθήσει αὐτὸ ὁ ἱερεὺσ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, ἐπὶ τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρόσ. κάρπωμά ἐστι, θυσία, ὀσμὴ εὐωδίασ τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 1:17)
  • καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν ἐπὶ Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐπετάσθη καὶ ὤφθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 22:11)
  • καὶ εἰσήνεγκαν οἱ ἱερεῖσ τὴν κιβωτὸν διαθήκησ Κυρίου εἰσ τὸν τόπον αὐτῆσ, εἰσ τὸ δαβὶρ τοῦ οἴκου εἰσ τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων, ὑποκάτω τῶν πτερύγων τῶν Χερουβίμ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 5:7)
  • φύλαξόν με ὡσ κόρην ὀφθαλμοῦ. ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου σκεπάσεισ με (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 16:8)

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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