πτερόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(πτερόν) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[furnish with feathers]] or [[wings]], τινα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1334</span>, <span class="bibl">1361</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span>1437</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>467d</span>; for <b class="b3">πτεροῦν βυβλίον</b>, v. [[γλυφίς]]:—Pass., to [[be]] or [[become feathered]], [[to be fledged]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>804</span>, <span class="bibl">1382</span>, <span class="bibl">1446</span> (with a play on signf. <span class="bibl">11</span>), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>249a</span>, al., <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>172; ἔπος ἐπτερωμένον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1388</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[represent as winged]], τὰς Μούσας καὶ τὰς Σειρῆνας <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ναῦν π</b>. [[have the oars spread like wings]] ready to dip into the water, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.46.11</span> (intr. in pf., <b class="b3">ναῦς ἐπτερωκυῖα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">9</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>63</span>, <span class="bibl">Charito 1.9</span>; ταρσῷ κατήρει πίτυλος ἐπτερωμένος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1346</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">set on the wing, excite</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span>1446</span> (v. supr. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>):—Pass., to [[be excited]], ἐπὶ τὸν Πυθαγόρου βίον <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>1.7</span>; ἐς χορείην <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>51.4; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span>4</span>; τοῖς ἔξωθεν πλεονεκτήμασιν <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.235b</span>: abs., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Art.</span>24</span>.</span>