πτέρυξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πτερῠ́ξ (pterúx)
Etymology
Connected with πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pté.ryks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈptɛ.ryks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpte.ryks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpte.riks/
Noun
πτέρῠξ • (ptérux) f (genitive πτέρῠγος); third declension
- wing
- (in the plural) feathers
- (in the plural) fins
- (poetic) flight
- Anything which resembles a wing: rudder, oar
- The flaps at the bottom of armour
- The edge of a sword or axe
- earlobe
- shoulder blade
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πτέρῠξ hē ptérux |
τὼ πτέρῠγε tṑ ptéruge |
αἱ πτέρῠγες hai ptéruges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πτέρῠγος tês ptérugos |
τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν toîn pterúgoin |
τῶν πτερῠ́γων tôn pterúgōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πτέρῠγῐ têi ptérugi |
τοῖν πτερῠ́γοιν toîn pterúgoin |
ταῖς πτέρῠξῐ(ν) taîs ptéruxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πτέρῠγᾰ tḕn ptéruga |
τὼ πτέρῠγε tṑ ptéruge |
τᾱ̀ς πτέρῠγᾰς tā̀s ptérugas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πτέρῠξ ptérux |
πτέρῠγε ptéruge |
πτέρῠγες ptéruges | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek: πτέρυγα (ptéryga)
References
- πτέρυξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτέρυξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πτέρυξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πτέρυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- πτέρυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πτέρυξ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4420 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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