πτέρυξ
(πτερύξ [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus cited in Hdn.Gr. 1.45)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], ῠγος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural πτερύγεσσι: (πτερόν):—wing of a bird, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.316; mostly _plural_, [prev. work] 462, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.149, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 134, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 52 (_anapaest meter_), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν.. ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων white in its plumage, save.. the tips of the wings, of the ibis, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.76 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Eros and Nike, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 11.8: _metaphorically_, κινοῦντα πτέρυγας ἤδη] Refs 4th c.BC+] 'trying your wings', [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 155.2. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 winged creature, bird, [[ Anthologia Graeca 6.12 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 flight, augury, omen, ποίων (i.e. ὀρνίχων) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 124. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II anything like a wing,
__II.1 in plural,= πτερύγια, fins of fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 505b21, “Mir.” 835b10, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.24 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; flippers of seals, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 697b5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of dolphins and whales, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 537b3 ] Refs]; of the tortoise, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 559. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]