πτέρυξ

See also: πτερύξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πτερῠ́ξ (pterŭ́x)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pté.ryks/ → /ˈpte.ryks/ → /ˈpte.riks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pté.ryks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpte.riks/

Noun

πτέρῠξ • (ptérŭx) 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 (pterŭ́gĭă)

   2. (in the plural) feathery foliage
      1. ivy (Hedera helix)

         Synonym: ᾰ̓́σπληνος (ắsplēnos)

   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 ptérŭx	τὼ πτέρῠγε tṑ ptérŭge	αἱ πτέρῠγες hai ptérŭges
Genitive	τῆς πτέρῠγος tês ptérŭgos	τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν toîn pterŭ́goin	τῶν πτερῠ́γων tôn pterŭ́gōn
Dative	τῇ πτέρῠγῐ tēî ptérŭgĭ	τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν toîn pterŭ́goin	ταῖς πτέρῠξῐ / πτέρῠξῐν taîs ptérŭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πτέρῠγᾰ tḕn ptérŭgă	τὼ πτέρῠγε tṑ ptérŭge	τᾱ̀ς πτέρῠγᾰς tā̀s ptérŭgăs
Vocative	πτέρῠξ ptérŭx	πτέρῠγε ptérŭge	πτέρῠγες ptérŭges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• αἰολοπτέρῠξ (aioloptérŭx)
• ᾰ̓πτέρῠγος (ăptérŭgos)
• δῐπτέρῠγος (dĭptérŭgos)
• ἐλᾰχῠπτέρῠξ (elăkhŭptérŭx)
• ἑξᾰπτέρῠγος (hexăptérŭgos)
• εὐπτέρῠγος (euptérŭgos)
• κῠᾰνοπτέρῠξ (kŭănoptérŭx)
• λευκοπτέρῠξ (leukoptérŭx)
• λῐγῠπτέρῠγος (lĭgŭptérŭgos)
• λῐνοπτέρῠξ (lĭnoptérŭx)
• μεγᾰλοπτέρῠγος (megăloptérŭgos)
• μελᾰνοπτέρῠξ (melănoptérŭx)
• μεσοπτερῠ́γῐᾰ (mesopterŭ́gĭă)
• μῑκροπτέρῠξ (mīkroptérŭx)
• πτερῠγῐ́ζω (pterŭgĭ́zō)
• πτερῠ́γῐον (pterŭ́gĭon)
• πτέρῠγμα (ptérŭgma)
• πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs)
• πτερῠγόομαι (pterŭgóomai)
• πτερῠγοποίκῐλος (pterŭgopoíkĭlos)
• πτερῠγοτομέω (pterŭgotoméō)
• πτερῠγοτόμος (pterŭgotómos)
• πτερῠγοτῠ́ρᾰννος (pterŭgotŭ́rănnos)
• πτερῠγοφόρος (pterŭgophóros)
• πτερῠγόω (pterŭgóō)
• πτερῠγώδης (pterŭgṓdēs)
• πτερῠγωκής (pterŭgōkḗs)
• πτερῠγωτός (pterŭgōtós)
• πῠρροπτέρῠξ (pŭrrhoptérŭx)
• τᾰνῠπτέρῠξ (tănŭptérŭx)
• τᾰνῠσῐπτέρῠγος (tănŭsĭptérŭgos)
• φοινῑκόπτερῠξ (phoinīkópterŭx)
• χρῡσοπτέρῠγος (khrūsoptérŭgos)

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: πτέρυγα (ptéryga)
• English: pterygo-, pteryg-

References

• “πτέρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πτέρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πτέρυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πτέρυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• πτέρυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πτέρυξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G4420 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • flap idem, page 325.
  • pinion idem, page 614.
  • wing idem, page 981.