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πτέρυξ
πτέρυξ πτέρυξ, ῠγος, πτερόν the wing of a bird, Il.; in pl. wings, Hom., etc. a winged creature, a bird, Anth. anything like a wing, the flap or skirt of a coat of armour, Xen.; also of the Doric χιτών, Ar. the broad edge of a knife or spear, Plut. anything that covers or protects like wings, πτ. πέπλων Eur.; Εὐβοίης πτέρυξ, i. e. Aulis, Eur. metaph., πτέρυγες γόων the wings, i. e. the flight or flow, of grief, Soph.; πτ. Πιερίδων Pind.

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the wing

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πτέρυξ
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πτέρυξ
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πτερυξ
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πτέρυξ πτέρυξ, ῠγος, πτερόν the wing of a bird, Il.; in pl. wings, Hom., etc. a winged creature, a bird, Anth. anything like a wing, the flap or skirt of a coat of armour, Xen.; also of the Doric χιτών, Ar. the broad edge of a knife or spear, Plut. anything that covers or protects like wings, πτ. πέπλων Eur.; Εὐβοίης πτέρυξ, i. e. Aulis, Eur. metaph., πτέρυγες γόων the wings, i. e. the flight or flow, of grief, Soph.; πτ. Πιερίδων Pind.
IDX:
28642
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28675
Key:
pte/ruc

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