πτερο-φόρᾱς,ου , ὀ, a name of certain sacred officers in Egypt, so called from the hawk's
A. wing wornon their heads, nom. pl. -φόραι
OGI 56.4
(Canopus,iii B.C.), 90.7 (Rosetta,ii B.C.): also-φόροι, Hsch. ; cf. sq. 111 , andπτεραφόρος.
II. dat. sg.-φόρᾳ χιλιάρχῳ, perh. name of a military rank, or = πτεροφόρος
11 , Men. Pk. 104 , cf. Hsch.
s.v. πτεροφόροι .