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πτῑ́λον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτῑ́λον πτίλου

Structure: πτῑλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: pte/sqai

Sense

  1. feather, especially a down feather
  2. the down of a youth's face
  3. plumelet

Declension

Second 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

  • τῷ πτίλῳ μέλλεισ ἐμεῖν; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, strophe 2 1:22)
  • τοῖσι δὲ αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἐμφυσῆν καλάμῳ, ἢ πτίλῳ, ἢ καυλῷ παχέϊ καὶ ἐπιμήκεϊ, ὡσ τῶν ἑλκέων θιγγάνειν τὰ φάρμακα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 337)

Synonyms

  1. feather

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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