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  "headword": "πτερόν",
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          "definition": "<i>feathers,</i> Od. 15.527, Hdt. 2.73, etc.: in sg., <i>feather,</i> E. Rh. 618, Ar. Ach. 584, 1105; πτεροῦ σῦριγξ <i>quill,</i> Hp. Fist. 6; τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοις Luc. Salt. 2; ἀντὶ τριχῶν πτερὰ φύειν Pl. Ti. 91d (cf. Ar. Av. 106); ἡ τῶν π. ἀποβολή Pl. Phdr. 246d: prov., πόνου δʼ ἴδοις ἂν οὐδαμοῦ ταὐτὸν π. misery is of varied <i>plumage,</i> i.e. manifold, A. Supp. 329; τοῖς αὑτῶν π. ἁλίσκεσθαι to be shot with an arrow feathered from oneʼs own plumes, ‘hoist with oneʼs own petard’, Id. Fr. 139; ἀλλοτρίοις π. ἀγάλλεσθαι pride oneself on ‘borrowed <i>plumes’,</i> Luc. Apol. [Pro Merc.Cond.] 4; κείρευ πτερά ‘have your <i>wings</i> clipped’, Call. Epigr. 47.8.",
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                "quote": "τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοις",
                "ref": "Luc. Salt. 2",
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                "quote": "ἀντὶ τριχῶν πτερὰ φύειν",
                "ref": "Pl. Ti. 91d",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ἡ τῶν π. ἀποβολή",
                "ref": "Pl. Phdr. 246d",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>birdʼs wing,</i> freq. in pl., <i>wings,</i> Il. 11.454, Od. 2.151, etc. (sg., A. Fr. 304.4); οἶμον αἰθέρος ψαίρει πτεροῖς Id. Pr. 396; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaph. from chickens under the henʼs wings, Id. Eu. 1001 (lyr.); τὰ τέκνʼ ἔχων ὑπὸ πτεροῖς E. Heracl. 10, etc.: as an emblem of speed, ὡσεὶ π. ἠὲ νόημα Od. 7.36; πόδα τιθεὶς ἴσον πτεροῖς E. IT 32; δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματʼ εἰς θεοὺς πτεροῖσι; Id. Fr. 506; also τῷ δʼ εὖτε πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were <i>wings,</i> i.e. spirit, courage, Il. 19.386; νωμᾷ δʼ ἐν οἰωνοῖσι τοὐκείνης (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) πτερόν, ἐν θηρσίν, ἐν βροτοῖσιν, ἐν θεοῖς her <i>uplifting influence,</i> S. Fr. 941.11.",
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                        "quote": "οἶμον αἰθέρος ψαίρει πτεροῖς",
                        "ref": "Id. Pr. 396",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ τέκνʼ ἔχων ὑπὸ πτεροῖς",
                        "ref": "E. Heracl. 10",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὡσεὶ π. ἠὲ νόημα",
                        "ref": "Od. 7.36",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.36"
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πόδα τιθεὶς ἴσον πτεροῖς",
                        "ref": "E. IT 32",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc2:32"
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>wings</i> of a bat, Hdt. 2.76; of insects, Arist. HA 532a25, PA 682b18, al.",
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>any winged creature,</i> as the Sphinx, E. Ph. 806 (lyr.); a beetle, Ar. Pax 76.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>omen,</i> πιστὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν π. S. OC 97.",
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            },
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>anything like wings</i> or <i>feathers</i>: as",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>oars,</i> ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται Od. 11.125; νηὸς πτερά Hes. Op. 628 (unless <i>sails,</i> cf. πτίλον III.2); ὅπῃ νεὼς στείλαιμʼ ἂν οὔριον π. E. Hel. 147; σκάφος ἀΐσσον πτεροῖσι Id. Tr. 1086 (lyr.): hence conversely, of birds, πτεροῖς ἐρέσσει Id. IT 289; πτερῶν εἰρεσίᾳ, of Hermes, Luc. Tim. 40.",
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                        "quote": "ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται",
                        "ref": "Od. 11.125",
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                        "quote": "νηὸς πτερά",
                        "ref": "Hes. Op. 628",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:628"
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σκάφος ἀΐσσον πτεροῖσι",
                        "ref": "Id. Tr. 1086",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πτεροῖς ἐρέσσει",
                        "ref": "Id. IT 289",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "ἀέθλων πτερά, i.e. <i>the crown</i> of victory, which lifts the victor to heaven, Pi. O. 14.24, cf. P. 9.125.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>wings</i> of the wind, dub. in S. Fr. 23.3.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>fan</i> or <i>parasol,</i> Com. Adesp. 1129.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "π. ἱέρακος a hawkʼs <i>wing,</i> worn by the ἱερογραμματεύς in Egypt, D.S. 1.87.",
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                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>feathered arrow,</i> E. Hel. 76.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>ploughshare,</i> Lyc. 1072.",
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                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "<i>side-walls</i> of Egyptian temples, Str. 17.1.28, Plu. Isid. 2.359a.",
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                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>battlements,</i> Procop. Aed. 2.8.",
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                    },
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                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>portcullis,</i> or <i>drawbridge,</i> in gateways, Sch. E. Ph. 114.",
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                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "9",
                  "definition": "πτερὰ Θετταλικά were the <i>fluttering corners</i> of a χλαμύς (v. πτέρυξ II.4), Poll. 7.46.",
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