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

  • ἦ ῥά σε Κίρκη ἐσ πτηνὴν μετέθηκε φύσιν, κυκεῶνα πιόντα; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3672)
  • ἀλλά με τὴν μελίγηρυν ἀηδόνα δέξατο νώτοισ δελφίν, καὶ πτηνὴν πόντιοσ ἡνιόχει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 883)

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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