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πτέρυξ

πτέρυξ, the wing

πτέρυξ (πτερύξ Aristarch. ap. Hdn.Gr. 1.45), ῠγος, ἡ: Ep. dat. pl. πτερύγεσσι: (πτερόν):—
  • wing of a bird, Il. 2.316; mostly pl., ib. 462, Od. 2.149, Hes. Sc. 134, A. Ag. 52 (anap.), etc.; λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν . . ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων white in its plumage, save . . the tips of the wings, of the ibis, Hdt. 2.76; of Eros and Nike, Aristopho 11.8: metaph., κινοῦντα πτέρυγας ἤδη ‘trying your wings’, Lib. Ep. 155.2.
      • 2 winged creature, bird, AP 6.12 (Jul.).
      • 3 flight, augury, omen, ποίων (sc. ὀρνίχων) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες Call. Lav.Pall. 124.
    • II anything like a wing,
      • 1 in pl., = πτερύγια, fins of fish, Arist. HA 505b21, Mir. 835b10, Ael. NA 11.24; flippers of seals, Arist. PA 697b5; of dolphins and whales, Id. HA 537b3; of the tortoise, Nic. Al. 559.
      • 2 pl., feathery foliage, Thphr. HP 3.9.6.
        • b = ἄσπληνος I, Dsc. 3.134.
      • 3 blade of the steering-paddle, IG 2(2).1607.74: hence, rudder, S. Fr. 1083; ἑξήρετμοι π., of oars, Epigr.Gr. 337.2 (Cyzicus).
      • 4 flap of a cuirass, X. An. 4.7.15 (v.l.), cf. Eq. 12.4, 6; of the Doric χιτών, Ar. Fr. 325, Men. Epit. 187, Com.Adesp. 17.1 D., Plu. Comp.Lyc.Num. 3, Poll. 7.62.
      • 5 broad edge of a knife or hunting-spear, Plu. Alex. 16, Poll. 5.21; beak of the sword-fish (v.l. ῥύγχος), Ael. NA 9.40.
      • 6 lobe of the lungs, Hp. Coac. 394.
      • 7 point of a building, Poll. 7.121.
      • 8 front frame of a torsion-engine, Hero Bel. 101.8.
      • 9 shoulder-blade, Philostr. Gym. 30.
      • 10 in pl., title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, AP 15.24 (Simm.).
      • 11 pl., sails, Com.Adesp. 9 D., Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 20.9.
    • III anything that covers or protects like wings, π. πέπλων E. Ion 1143; κολπώδη πτέρυγʼ Εὐβοίας, i.e. Aulis, Id. IA 120 (lyr.); νεοσσὸς ὡσεὶ πτέρυγας εἰσπίτνων ἐμάς Id. Tr. 751; of a mountain, Λιβάνου πτέρυγες Musae. 48.
      • 2 fence, wall, Lyc. 291.
    • IV metaph., πτέρυγες γόων the wings, i.e. the flight or flow, of grief, S. El. 242 (lyr.); π. Πιερίδων Pi. I. 1.64.

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