πτέρωσις
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
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 ΙΙ) Jul.Ep. 193.
German (Pape)
[Seite 809] ἡ, die Befiederung; Ar. Av. 94. 97; Arist. H. A. 6, 9; Luc. Gall. 23.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
appareil d'ailes ou de plumes, plumage.
Étymologie: πτερόω.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πτέρωσις -εως, ἡ [πτερόω] pluimage.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πτέρωσις: εως ἡ оперение Arph., Arst., Luc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πτέρωσις: ἡ, τὸ πτέρωμα, τὰ πτερά, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 94. 97· ἀπολαμβάνειν τὴν πτ., ἀντίθετον τῷ πτερορρυεῖν, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 6. 9, 3, πρβλ. 8. 18, 4, π. Ζ. Μορ. 1, 3, 1, κτλ.
Greek Monotonic
πτέρωσις: ἡ (πτερόω), φτερά, σε Αριστοφ.
