πτηνός, ή, όν,
Doric dialect πτανός, ά, όν; also ός, όν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πτῆναι, πέτομαι):— flying, winged, Διὸς π. κύων, i.e. eagle, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1022, compare “Ag.” 136 (Lyric poetry); π. ὄφις [prev. author] “Eu.” 181 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄρνις, οἰωνός, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 955, “Ant.” 1082 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἔρως, ἵπποι, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1275 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 193 (Lyric poetry); ἅρμα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of arrows, π. ἰοί [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 166 (_anapaest meter_); βέλη 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 179 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. φυγή, of birds, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 320e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 τὰ π. winged creatures, birds, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 591 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 168 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 504 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πτηνὸν ὀρνίθων γένος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1707; πτηνῶν γένη [prev. author] “Th.” 46 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ πεζά, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 207a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τὰ πεζά and τὰ πλωτά, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 488a1, compare 542a23: hence πταναὶ θῆραι] Refs 4th c.BC+] the pursuit of winged game, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1146 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ [θήρα] τῶν π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 823b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of young birds, fledged, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 146 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]