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

  • θᾶττον ἐήν λευκοὺσ κόρακασ πτηνάσ τε χελώνασ εὑρεῖν, ἢ δόκιμον ῥήτορα Καππαδόκην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 4361)
  • εἶχε κορωνοβόλον πενίησ λιμηρὸν Ἀρίστων ὄργανον, ᾧ πτηνὰσ ἠκροβόλιζε χένασ, ἦκα παραστείχων δολίην ὁδόν, οἱο͂σ ἐκείνασ ψεύσασθαι λοξοῖσ ὄμμασι φερβομένασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5461)

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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