πτῆσις

ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow

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Full diacritics: πτῆσις	Medium diacritics: πτῆσις	Low diacritics: πτήσις	Capitals: ΠΤΗΣΙΣ
Transliteration A: ptē̂sis	Transliteration B: ptēsis	Transliteration C: ptisis	Beta Code: pth=sis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (πτῆναι)

A flight, A.Pr.488, Arist.PA639b2, EN1174a31, Q.S.12.5 (pl.): metaph. of rapid reading, ἡ περὶ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν π. Lib.Ep.949.2.

[Seite 810] ἡ, das Fliegen; οἰωνῶν, Aesch. Prom. 486; Arist. eth. 10, 4, 3; πρόσγειος, Luc. pro imag. 8.

πτῆσις: ἡ, (πτῆναι) τὸ πέτεσθαι, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 488, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 1, 7, Ἠθικ. Νικ. 10. 4, 3, κ. ἀλλ.

εως (ἡ) :
vol des oiseaux.
Étymologie: R. Πετ, voler ; v. πέτομαι.