Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πτηνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτηνός πτηνή πτηνόν

Structure: πτην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pth=nai

Sense

  1. feathered, winged
  2. winged creatures, fowls, birds, of winged game
  3. fleeting

Examples

  • εἶτα δεῖπνα ἐπὶ χρυσοῦ ‐ εὐτελὴσ γὰρ ὁ ἄργυροσ καὶ οὐ κατ̓ ἐμέ ‐ τάριχοσ μὲν ἐξ Ἰβηρίασ, οἶνοσ δὲ ἐξ Ἰταλίασ, ἔλαιον δὲ ἐξ Ἰβηρίασ καὶ τοῦτο, μέλι δὲ ἡμέτερον τὸ ἄπυρον, καὶ ὄψα πανταχόθεν καὶ σύεσ καὶ λαγώσ, καὶ ὅσα πτηνά, ὄρνισ ἐκ Φάσιδοσ καὶ ταὼσ ἐξ Ἰνδίασ καὶ ἀλεκτρυὼν ὁ Νομαδικόσ· (Lucian, 40:1)
  • τὶσ γὰρ ἢ δράκαιν’ ἄμικτοσ ἢ Χίμαιρα πυρπνόοσ ἢ Χάρυβδισ ἢ τρίκρανοσ Σκύλλα, ποντία κύων, Σφίγξ, Ὕδρα, λέαιν’, ἔχιδνα, πτηνὰ θ’ Ἁρπυιῶν γένη, εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ἀφῖκται τοῦ καταπτύστου γένουσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 6 3:3)
  • τῶν σιτίων, οἱο͂ν τὰ κρεώδη καὶ τυρώδη καὶ σύκων τὰ ξηρὰ καὶ ᾠῶν τὰ ἑφθά, προσφέρεσθαι πεφυλαγμένωσ ἁπτόμενον ἔργον γὰρ ἀεὶ παραιτεῖσθαι , τοῖσ δὲ λεπτοῖσ ἐμφύεσθαι καὶ κούφοισ, οἱᾶ τὰ πολλὰ τῶν λαχάνων καὶ τὰ πτηνὰ καὶ τῶν ἰχθύων οἱ μὴ πίονεσ. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 18 3:2)
  • αὗται δὲ αἱ νύμφαι πτηνὰ εἶχον πέδιλα καὶ τὴν κίβισιν, ἥν φασιν εἶναι πήραν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 4 2:7)
  • ὁ δὲ ἐκεῖ τὰ πτηνὰ τοξεύων ἐπὶ τῆσ ἐρημίασ τροφὴν εἶχεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 3 39:3)

Synonyms

  1. feathered

  2. winged creatures

  3. fleeting

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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