πτέρωσις
From LSJ
καὶ ποιήσας φραγέλλιον ἐκ σχοινίων πάντας ἐξέβαλεν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας → And having made a whip out of cords he drove all from the temple sheep and cattle
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A plumage, Ar.Av.94,97; ἀπολαμβάνειν τὴν π., opp. πτερορρυεῖν, Arist. HA564b2, cf. 601b6, PA642b24. 2 feathering of arrows, Aen. Tact.31.27. 3 pl., names of parts of surgical machines, Orib. 49.4.9, al. II metaph., λόγων πτέρωσις (cf. πτερόεις 11) Jul.Ep. 193.
