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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

  • αὐτίκα Νίκη πέτεται πτερύγοιν χρυσαῖν καὶ νὴ Δί’ Ἔρωσ γε· (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme17)
  • Ἐρέβουσ δ’ ἐν ἀπείροσι κόλποισ τίκτει πρώτιστον ὑπηνέμιον Νὺξ ἡ μελανόπτεροσ ᾠόν, ἐξ οὖ περιτελλομέναισ ὡρ́αισ ἔβλαστεν Ἔρωσ ὁ ποθεινόσ, στίλβων νῶτον πτερύγοιν χρυσαῖν, εἰκὼσ ἀνεμώκεσι δίναισ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis4)

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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