πτέρυξ
πτέρυξ (
A). 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.).
II). anything like a wing,
b). =
ἄσπληνος 1 ,
Dsc. 3.134 .
3). blade of the steering-paddle,
IG 22.1607.74 : hence,
rudder,
S. Fr. 1083 ;
ἑξήρετμοι π., of oars,
Epigr.Gr. 337.2 (Cyzicus).
10). in pl., title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, AP 15.24 ( Simm.).
III). anything that covers or
protects like wings,
π. πέπλων E. Ion 1143 ;
κολπώδη πτέρυγ’ 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 .
ShortDef
the wing
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
πτέρυξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πτερυξ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-91164
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πτέρυξ</span> (<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πτερύξ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristarch.</span> </span> ap. Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1767.tlg001:1:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1767.tlg001:1.45/canonical-url/"> 1.45 </a>), <span class="itype greek">ῠγος</span> <span class="foreign greek">, ἡ</span>: Ep. dat. pl. <span class="foreign greek">πτερύγεσσι</span>:(<span class="etym greek">πτερόν</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wing</span> of a bird, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.316/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.316 </a>; mostly pl., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:462/canonical-url/"> 462 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:149" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.149/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.149 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 134 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 52 </a> (anap.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν .. ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων</span> white in its plumage, save .. the tips of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wings</span>, of the ibis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.76 </a>; of Eros and Nike, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0421.tlg001:11:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0421.tlg001:11.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristopho</span> 11.8 </a>: metaph., <span class="foreign greek">κινοῦντα πτέρυγας ἤδη</span> \'trying your <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wings</span>\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:155:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:155.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 155.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">winged creature, bird,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 6.12 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flight, augury, omen</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ποίων</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ὀρνίχων</span>) <span class="quote greek"> οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lav.Pall.</span> 124 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything like a wing</span>, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> in pl.,= <span class="foreign greek">πτερύγια</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fins</span> of fish, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:505b:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:505b.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 505b21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:835b:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:835b.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mir.</span> 835b10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:11:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:11.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 11.24 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flippers</span> of seals, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:697b:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:697b.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 697b5 </a>; of dolphins and whales, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:537b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:537b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 537b3 </a>; of the tortoise, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:559" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:559/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Al.</span> 559 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">feathery foliage</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:9:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:9:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.9.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἄσπληνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.134 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blade</span> of the steering-paddle, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1607.74 </span>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rudder</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1083" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1083/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1083 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἑξήρετμοι π</span>., of oars, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 337.2 </span> (Cyzicus). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flap</span> of a cuirass, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:7:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:7:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.7.15 </a> (v.l.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:12:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:12.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 12.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> 6 </a>; of the Doric <span class="foreign greek">χιτών</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:325" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:325/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 325 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:187/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 187 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 17.1 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg006:Lyc::Num::3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg006:Lyc::Num::3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.Lyc.Num.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.62 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">broad edge</span> of a knife or hunting-spear, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg047:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alex.</span> 16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 5.21 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beak</span> of the sword-fish ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">ῥύγχος</span> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg001:9.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> 9.40 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lobe</span> of the lungs, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:394" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017:394/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Coac.</span> 394 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">point</span> of a building, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.121 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">front frame</span> of a torsion-engine, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:101:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0559.tlg012:101.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 101.8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>9).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shoulder-blade</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg007:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg007:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gym.</span> 30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>10).</strong></span> in pl., title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 15.24 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simm.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>11).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sails,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0408.tlg001:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0408.tlg001:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Com.Adesp.</span> 9 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span> 20.9 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">anything that covers</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">protects</span> like wings, <span class="quote greek">π. πέπλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1143 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κολπώδη πτέρυγ’ Εὐβοίας</span>, i.e. Aulis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 120 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">νεοσσὸς ὡσεὶ πτέρυγας εἰσπίτνων ἐμάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:751" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:751/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 751 </a> ; of a mountain, <span class="quote greek">Λιβάνου πτέρυγες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0576.tlg001:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Musae.</span> 48 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fence, wall</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 291 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">πτέρυγες γόων</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wings</span>, i.e. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flight</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">flow</span>, of grief, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:242" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:242/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 242 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">π. Πιερίδων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 1.64 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}