πτέρυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πτερύξ Aristarch. ap. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.45</span>), ῠγος, ἡ: Ep. dat. pl. [[πτερύγεσσι]]: (πτερόν):—[[wing]] of a bird, <span class="bibl">Il.2.316</span>; mostly pl., ib.<span class="bibl">462</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.149</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>134</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>52</span> (anap.), etc.; <b class="b3">λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν . . ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων</b> white in its plumage, save . . the tips of the [[wings]], of the ibis, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>; of Eros and Nike, <span class="bibl">Aristopho 11.8</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κινοῦντα πτέρυγας ἤδη</b> 'trying your [[wings]]', <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>155.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[winged creature]], [[bird]], AP6.12 (Jul.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[flight]], [[augury]], [[omen]], [[ποίων]] (sc. [[ὀρνίχων]]) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>124</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[anything like a wing]], </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> in pl.,= [[πτερύγια]], [[fins]] of fish, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>505b21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mir.</span>835b10</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.24</span>; [[flippers]] of seals, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">PA</span>697b5</span>; of dolphins and whales, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>537b3</span>; of the tortoise, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>559</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[feathery foliage]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> = [[ἄσπληνος]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, Dsc.3.134. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[blade]] of the steering-paddle, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1607.74: hence, [[rudder]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1083</span>; <b class="b3">ἑξήρετμοι π</b>., of oars, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>337.2 (Cyzicus). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[flap]] of a cuirass, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.7.15</span> (v.l.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>12.4</span>, <span class="bibl">6</span>; of the Doric [[χιτών]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>325</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>187</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>17.1 D., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Comp.Lyc.Num.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[broad edge]] of a knife or hunting-spear, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.5.21</span>; [[beak]] of the sword-fish (v.l. [[ῥύγχος]]), <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>9.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[lobe]] of the lungs, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Coac.</span>394</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> [[point]] of a building, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.121</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> [[front frame]] of a torsion-engine, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>101.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> [[shoulder-blade]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> in pl., title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, <span class="title">AP</span>15.24 (Simm.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">11</span> pl., [[sails]], <span class="bibl">Com.Adesp.9</span> D., <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>20.9. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[anything that covers]] or [[protects]] like wings, π. πέπλων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1143</span>; <b class="b3">κολπώδη πτέρυγ' Εὐβοίας</b>, i.e. Aulis, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>120</span> (lyr.); νεοσσὸς ὡσεὶ πτέρυγας εἰσπίτνων ἐμάς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>751</span>; of a mountain, Λιβάνου πτέρυγες <span class="bibl">Musae.48</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[fence]], [[wall]], Lyc.291. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πτέρυγες γόων</b> the [[wings]], i.e. the [[flight]] or [[flow]], of grief, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">El.</span>242</span> (lyr.); π. Πιερίδων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.64</span>.</span>