πτεροποιώ

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τῶν Λειβηθρίων ἀμουσότερος → more uncultured than Leibethrans, more uncultured than the people of Leibethra, lowest degree of mental cultivation

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Greek Monolingual

-έω, ΜΑ
1. πτεροφυώ
2. μτφ. ενθαρρύνω ή εμψυχώνω («πτεροποιοῦσι... αἱ θεῖαι γραφαὶ τοὺς πιστούς, τῷ πόθῳ τῶν οὐρανίων», Αθανάσ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πτερόν + -ποιῶ (< -ποιός < ποιῶ)].