πτερύσσομαι

English (LSJ)

Att. πτερύττομαι, fut. πτερύξομαι,

   A flutter, flap the wings like a cock crowing, Babr.65.6, Luc.VH2.41, Ael.NA7.7, etc.; ἐπτερύσσετο shd. perh. be restd. for ἀπτ- in Archil.49 Diehl.    II metaph., triumph, exult, Diph.61.6.    2 become full-fledged, spread one's wings for flight, of the soul, Ph.2.32, al.