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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

  • ἔσονται οἱ Χερουβὶμ ἐκτείνοντεσ τὰσ πτέρυγασ ἐπάνωθεν, συσκιάζοντεσ ἐν ταῖσ πτέρυξιν αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου, καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν εἰσ ἄλληλα. εἰσ τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἔσονται τὰ πρόσωπα τῶν Χερουβίμ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:19)
  • ὡσ ἀετὸσ σκεπάσαι νοσσιὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσ νεοσσοῖσ αὐτοῦ ἐπεπόθησε, διεὶσ τὰσ πτέρυγασ αὐτοῦ ἐδέξατο αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτοὺσ ἐπὶ τῶ μεταφρένων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:11)
  • ἀποτίσαι Κύριοσ τὴν ἐργασίαν σου καὶ γένοιτο ὁ μισθόσ σου πλήρησ παρὰ Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ, πρὸσ ὃν ἦλθεσ πεποιθέναι ὑπὸτὰσ πτέρυγασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 2:12)
  • καὶ ἀμφότερα τὰ Χερουβὶμ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ ἐσωτάτου. καὶ διεπέτασε τὰσ πτέρυγασ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἥπτετο πτέρυξ μία τοῦ τοίχου, καὶ πτέρυξ Χεροὺβ τοῦ δευτέρου ἥπτετο τοῦ τοίχου τοῦ δευτέρου, καὶ αἱ πτέρυγεσ αὐτῶν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ οἴκου ἥπτοντο πτέρυξ πτέρυγοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:26)
  • καὶ εἰσφέρουσιν οἱ ἱερεῖσ τὴν κιβωτὸν εἰσ τὸν τόπον αὐτῆσ εἰσ τὸ δαβὶρ τοῦ οἴκου, εἰσ τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων ὑπὸ τὰσ πτέρυγασ τῶν Χερουβίμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 8:6)

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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