πτερύγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), thus literally “winglet”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pte.rý.ɡi.on/ → /pteˈry.ʝi.on/ → /pteˈri.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pte.rý.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pteˈry.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pteˈry.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pteˈry.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pteˈri.ʝi.on/

Noun

πτερύγῐον • (pterúgĭon) n (genitive πτερῠγίου); second declension

1. fin (limb of a fish etc.)
2. (architecture) pinnacle (upright member)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον; τοῦ πτερῠγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον tò pterŭ́gĭon	τὼ πτερῠγῐ́ω tṑ pterŭgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πτερῠ́γῐᾰ tằ pterŭ́gĭă
Genitive	τοῦ πτερῠγῐ́ου toû pterŭgĭ́ou	τοῖν πτερῠγῐ́οιν toîn pterŭgĭ́oin	τῶν πτερῠγῐ́ων tôn pterŭgĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πτερῠγῐ́ῳ tôi pterŭgĭ́ōi	τοῖν πτερῠγῐ́οιν toîn pterŭgĭ́oin	τοῖς πτερῠγῐ́οις toîs pterŭgĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον tò pterŭ́gĭon	τὼ πτερῠγῐ́ω tṑ pterŭgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πτερῠ́γῐᾰ tằ pterŭ́gĭă
Vocative	πτερῠ́γῐον pterŭ́gĭon	πτερῠγῐ́ω pterŭgĭ́ō	πτερῠ́γῐᾰ pterŭ́gĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πτερύγιο (pterýgio)
• → Latin: pterygium
  • → English: pterygium
• → Classical Syriac: ܟܢܦܐ (semantic loan)

Further reading

• πτερύγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πτερύγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G4419 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible