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πτερυγίζω

πτερυγίζω, to flutter with the wings

πτερῠγ-ίζω, Att. fut. -ιῶ Ar. Av. 1466: (πτέρυξ):—
  • flutter with the wings, like young birds trying to fly, ib. 795, 1466; flap the wings, like a cock crowing, metaph. of a man, Id. Pl. 575; of sea-birds, Thphr. Sign. 28:—in Ar. Eq. 522 the word alludes to the play Ὄρνιθες by Magnes.

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