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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πτῑ́λον πτῑ́λω πτῖλα
Genitive πτῑ́λου πτῑ́λοιν πτῑ́λων
Dative πτῑ́λῳ πτῑ́λοιν πτῑ́λοις
Accusative πτῑ́λον πτῑ́λω πτῖλα
Vocative πτῖλον πτῑ́λω πτῖλα

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

  • "καὶ καθάπερ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ὀρνέων πτερὰ τοῖσ τοῦ ἀετοῦ συντεθέντα διόλλυται ψηχόμενα καὶ ἀπανθεῖ τῶν πτίλων μυδώντων, οὕτωσ οὐδὲν ἀπέχει καὶ ἀνθρώπου ψαῦσιν τὴν μὲν ὠφέλιμον εἶναι τὴν δ’ ἀπηνῆ καὶ βλαβεράν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 3:8)
  • τὸ τηνικάδ’ ὑπέθετό τισ τοῖσ πολιορκουμένοισ πίθον προθεμένουσ ἁρμοστὸν κατὰ τὸ πλάτοσ τῷ μετάλλῳ τρυπῆσαι τὸν πυθμένα καὶ διώσαντασ αὐλίσκον σιδηροῦν ἴσον τῷ τεύχει πλῆσαι τὸν πίθον ὅλον πτίλων λεπτῶν καὶ πυρὸσ παντελῶσ μικρὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ὑπ’ αὐτὸ τὸ τοῦ πίθου περιστόμιον· (Polybius, Histories, book 21, chapter 28 12:1)
  • τό τε πλῆθοσ τοῦ καπνοῦ συνέβαινε πολὺ γίνεσθαι καὶ τῇ δριμύτητι διαφέρον διὰ τὴν φύσιν τῶν πτίλων, φέρεσθαί τε πᾶν εἰσ τὸ τῶν πολεμίων μέταλλον. (Polybius, Histories, book 21, chapter 28 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. feather

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