πτέρυξ
Appearance
See also: πτερύξ
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- πτερῠ́ξ (pterúx)
Etymology
[edit]Connected with πτερόν (pterón, “feather”), but with an unexplained suffix.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pté.ryks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpte.riks/
Noun
[edit]πτέρῠξ • (ptérux) f (genitive πτέρῠγος); third declension
- (usually in the plural) wing of a bird
- anything like a wing:
- (zootomy, in the plural) fins, flippers
- Synonym: πτερῠ́γῐᾰ (pterúgia)
- (in the plural) feathery foliage
- ivy (Hedera helix)
- Synonym: ᾰ̓́σπληνος (ásplēnos)
- ivy (Hedera helix)
- blade of the steering paddle; rudder, oar
- flap of a cuirass
- broad edge of a sword or axe; (zootomy) beak of a swordfish
- (anatomy) lobe of the lungs; earlobe
- point of a building
- front frame of a torsion engine
- (anatomy) shoulder blade
- (in the plural) The title of a poem whose lines form a pattern like wings.
- (in the plural) sails
- (zootomy, in the plural) fins, flippers
- anything that covers or protects like wings
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πτέρῠξ hē ptérux |
τὼ πτέρῠγε tṑ ptéruge |
αἱ πτέρῠγες hai ptéruges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πτέρῠγος tês ptérugos |
τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν toîn pterúgoin |
τῶν πτερῠ́γων tôn pterúgōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πτέρῠγῐ têi ptérugi |
τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν toîn pterúgoin |
ταῖς πτέρῠξῐ / πτέρῠξῐν taîs ptéruxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πτέρῠγᾰ tḕn ptéruga |
τὼ πτέρῠγε tṑ ptéruge |
τᾱ̀ς πτέρῠγᾰς tā̀s ptérugas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτέρῠξ ptérux |
πτέρῠγε ptéruge |
πτέρῠγες ptéruges | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- αἰολοπτέρῠξ (aioloptérux)
- ᾰ̓πτέρῠγος (aptérugos)
- δῐπτέρῠγος (diptérugos)
- ἐλᾰχῠπτέρῠξ (elakhuptérux)
- ἑξᾰπτέρῠγος (hexaptérugos)
- εὐπτέρῠγος (euptérugos)
- κῠᾰνοπτέρῠξ (kuanoptérux)
- λευκοπτέρῠξ (leukoptérux)
- λῐγῠπτέρῠγος (liguptérugos)
- λῐνοπτέρῠξ (linoptérux)
- μεγᾰλοπτέρῠγος (megaloptérugos)
- μελᾰνοπτέρῠξ (melanoptérux)
- μεσοπτερῠ́γῐᾰ (mesopterúgia)
- μῑκροπτέρῠξ (mīkroptérux)
- πτερῠγῐ́ζω (pterugízō)
- πτερῠ́γῐον (pterúgion)
- πτέρῠγμα (ptérugma)
- πτερῠγοειδής (pterugoeidḗs)
- πτερῠγόομαι (pterugóomai)
- πτερῠγοποίκῐλος (pterugopoíkilos)
- πτερῠγοτομέω (pterugotoméō)
- πτερῠγοτόμος (pterugotómos)
- πτερῠγοτῠ́ρᾰννος (pterugotúrannos)
- πτερῠγοφόρος (pterugophóros)
- πτερῠγόω (pterugóō)
- πτερῠγώδης (pterugṓdēs)
- πτερῠγωκής (pterugōkḗs)
- πτερῠγωτός (pterugōtós)
- πῠρροπτέρῠξ (purrhoptérux)
- τᾰνῠπτέρῠξ (tanuptérux)
- τᾰνῠσῐπτέρῠγος (tanusiptérugos)
- φοινῑκόπτερῠξ (phoinīkópterux)
- χρῡσοπτέρῠγος (khrūsoptérugos)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “πτέρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πτέρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πτέρυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πτέρυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- πτέρυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πτέρυξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4420 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-
- Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
- Ancient Greek poetic terms
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