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