πτεροφόρας
πτεροφόρας, wing worn
πτερο-φόρᾱς, ου, ὁ, a name of certain sacred officers in Egypt, so called from the hawkʼs
- wing worn on their heads, nom. pl. -φόραι OGI 56.4 (Canopus, iii B.C.), 90.7 (Rosetta, ii B.C.): also -φόροι, Hsch.; cf. sq. [πτεροφόρος] III, and πτεραφόρος.
- II dat. sg. -φόρᾳ χιλιάρχῳ, perh. name of a military rank, or = πτεροφόρος II, Men. Pk. 104, cf. Hsch. s.v. πτεροφόροι.