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|Definition=(<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[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.; <b class="b3">λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν.. ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων</b> white in its [[plumage]], save.. the tips of the [[wing]]s, of the [[ibis]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.76; of [[Eros]] and [[Nike]], Aristopho 11.8: metaph., <b class="b3">κινοῦντα πτέρυγας ἤδη</b> '[[trying your wings]]', Lib.''Ep.''155.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[winged creature]], [[bird]], AP6.12 (Jul.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[flight]], [[augury]], [[omen]], [[ποίων]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὀρνίχων]]) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες Call.''Lav.Pall.''124.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[anything like a wing]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> in plural, = [[πτερύγιον|πτερύγια]], [[fins]] of [[fish]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''505b21, ''Mir.''835b10, Ael.''NA''11.24; [[flipper]]s of [[seal]]s, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''697b5; of [[dolphin]]s and [[whale]]s, Id.''HA''537b3; of the tortoise, Nic.''Al.''559.<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[feathery foliage]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 3.9.6.<br><span class="bld">b</span> = [[ἄσπληνος]] ''1'', Dsc.3.134.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[blade]] of the [[steering]]-[[paddle]], ''IG''22.1607.74: hence, [[rudder]], S.''Fr.''1083; <b class="b3">ἑξήρετμοι π.</b>, of [[oar]]s, ''Epigr.Gr.''337.2 (Cyzicus).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[flap]] of a [[cuirass]], X.''An.''4.7.15 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), cf. ''Eq.''12.4, 6; of the Doric [[χιτών]], Ar.''Fr.''325, Men.''Epit.''187, ''Com.Adesp.''17.1 D., Plu.''Comp.Lyc.Num.''3, Poll.7.62.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[broad]] [[edge]] of a [[knife]] or [[hunting]]-[[spear]], Plu.''Alex.''16, Poll.5.21; [[beak]] of the [[swordfish]] ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ῥύγχος]]), Ael.''NA''9.40.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[lobe]] of the [[lung]]s, Hp.''Coac.''394.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[point]] of a [[building]], Poll.7.121.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[front frame]] of a [[torsion]]-[[engine]], Hero ''Bel.''101.8.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[shoulderblade]], Philostr.''Gym.''30.<br><span class="bld">10</span> in plural, title of [[poem]] whose lines form a pattern like wings, ''AP''15.24 (Simm.).<br><span class="bld">11</span> pl., [[sail]]s, Com.Adesp.9 D., ''Lyr.Alex.Adesp.''20.9.<br><span class="bld">III</span> anything that [[cover]]s or [[protect]]s like [[wing]]s, π. πέπλων E.''Ion'' 1143; <b class="b3">κολπώδη πτέρυγ' Εὐβοίας</b>, i.e. Aulis, Id.''IA''120 (lyr.); νεοσσὸς ὡσεὶ πτέρυγας εἰσπίτνων ἐμάς Id.''Tr.''751; of a mountain, Λιβάνου πτέρυγες Musae.48.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fence]], [[wall]], Lyc.291.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πτέρυγες γόων</b> the [[wing]]s, i.e. the [[flight]] or [[flow]], of [[grief]], S. ''El.''242 (lyr.); π. Πιερίδων Pi.''I.''1.64.