πτερόω
φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)
English (LSJ)
(πτερόν)
A furnish with feathers or wings, τινα Ar.Av.1334, 1361, Ra.1437, Pl.R.467d; for πτεροῦν βυβλίον, v. γλυφίς:—Pass., to be or become feathered, to be fledged, Ar.Av.804, 1382, 1446 (with a play on signf. 11), Pl.Phdr.249a, al., Com.Adesp.172; ἔπος ἐπτερωμένον Ar.Ra.1388. b represent as winged, τὰς Μούσας καὶ τὰς Σειρῆνας Porph.Abst.3.16. 2 ναῦν π. have the oars spread like wings ready to dip into the water, Plb.1.46.11 (intr. in pf., ναῦς ἐπτερωκυῖα ib.9), cf. Plu.Ant.63, Charito 1.9; ταρσῷ κατήρει πίτυλος ἐπτερωμένος E.IT1346. II metaph., set on the wing, excite, Ar. Av.1446 (v. supr. 1.1):—Pass., to be excited, ἐπὶ τὸν Πυθαγόρου βίον Philostr.VA1.7; ἐς χορείην Anacreont.51.4; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν Luc.Dom.4; τοῖς ἔξωθεν πλεονεκτήμασιν Jul.Or.7.235b: abs., Plu.Art.24.
