πτέρυξ

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Connected with πτερόν (pterón, “feather”), but with an unexplained suffix.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πτέρῠξ • (ptérux) f (genitive πτέρῠγος); third declension

  1. (usually in the plural) wing of a bird
    1. winged creature, bird
    2. (poetic) flight, augury, omen
  2. anything like a wing:
    1. (zootomy, in the plural) fins, flippers
      Synonym: πτερῠ́γῐᾰ (pterúgia)
    2. (in the plural) feathery foliage
      1. ivy (Hedera helix)
        Synonym: ᾰ̓́σπληνος (ásplēnos)
    3. blade of the steering paddle; rudder, oar
    4. flap of a cuirass
    5. broad edge of a sword or axe; (zootomy) beak of a swordfish
    6. (anatomy) lobe of the lungs; earlobe
    7. point of a building
    8. front frame of a torsion engine
    9. (anatomy) shoulder blade
    10. (in the plural) The title of a poem whose lines form a pattern like wings.
    11. (in the plural) sails
  3. anything that covers or protects like wings
    1. fence, wall
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Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πτέρῠξ; τῆς πτέρῠγος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πτέρῠξ
hē ptérux 		τὼ πτέρῠγε
tṑ ptéruge 		αἱ πτέρῠγες
hai ptéruges
Genitive τῆς πτέρῠγος
tês ptérugos 		τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν
toîn pterúgoin 		τῶν πτερῠ́γων
tôn pterúgōn
Dative τῇ πτέρῠγῐ
têi ptérugi 		τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν
toîn pterúgoin 		ταῖς πτέρῠξῐ / πτέρῠξῐν
taîs ptéruxi(n)
Accusative τὴν πτέρῠγᾰ
tḕn ptéruga 		τὼ πτέρῠγε
tṑ ptéruge 		τᾱ̀ς πτέρῠγᾰς
tā̀s ptérugas
Vocative πτέρῠξ
ptérux 		πτέρῠγε
ptéruge 		πτέρῠγες
ptéruges
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Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants of πτέρυξ in other languages
  • Greek: πτέρυγα (ptéryga)
  • English: pterygo-, pteryg-

References

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