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πτερόω

πτερόω, to furnish with feathers

πτερόω, (πτερόν)
  • furnish with feathers or wings, τινα Ar. Av. 1334, 1361, Ra. 1437, Pl. R. 467d; for πτεροῦν βυβλίον, v. γλυφίς:—Pass., to be or become feathered, to be fledged, Ar. Av. 804, 1382, 1446 (with a play on signf. II), Pl. Phdr. 249a, al., Com.Adesp. 172; ἔπος ἐπτερωμένον Ar. Ra. 1388.
        • b represent as winged, τὰς Μούσας καὶ τὰς Σειρῆνας Porph. Abst. 3.16.
      • 2 ναῦν π. have the oars spread like wings ready to dip into the water, Plb. 1.46.11 (intr. in pf., ναῦς ἐπτερωκυῖα ib. 9), cf. Plu. Ant. 63, Charito 1.9; ταρσῷ κατήρει πίτυλος ἐπτερωμένος E. IT 1346.
    • II metaph., set on the wing, excite, Ar. Av. 1446 (v. supr. I.1):—Pass., to be excited, ἐπὶ τὸν Πυθαγόρου βίον Philostr. VA 1.7; ἐς χορείην Anacreont. 51.4; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν Luc. Dom. 4; τοῖς ἔξωθεν πλεονεκτήμασιν Jul. Or. 7.235b: abs., Plu. Art. 24.

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