πτερόν, τό,
(πέτομαι, πτέσθαι) mostly in plural, feathers, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.527, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: in singular, feather, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 618, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 584, 1105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πτεροῦ σῦριγξ quill, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ συρίγγων” 6; τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοις 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 2; ἀντὶ τριχῶν πτερὰ φύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91d (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 106); ἡ τῶν π. ἀποβολή 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 246d: proverbial, πόνου δ᾽ ἴδοις ἂν οὐδαμοῦ ταὐτὸν π] Refs 5th c.BC+]. misery is of varied plumage, i.e. manifold, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 329 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοῖς αὑτῶν π. ἁλίσκεσθαι to be shot with an arrow feathered from one's own plumes, 'hoist with one's own petard', [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 139 ] Refs]; ἀλλοτρίοις π. ἀγάλλεσθαι pride oneself on 'borrowed plumes', [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pro Merc.Cond.” 4; κείρευ πτερά] Refs 2nd c.AD+] 'have your wings clipped', [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 47.8. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 ={πτέρυξ}, bird's wing, frequently in plural, wings, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.454, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.151, etc. (_sing._, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 304.4); οἶμον αἰθέρος ψαίρει πτεροῖς [prev. author] “Pr.” 396 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaphorically from chickens under the hen's wings, [[ [prev. author] “Eu.” 1001 (Lyric poetry); τὰ τέκν᾽ ἔχων ὑπὸ πτεροῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 10, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as an emblem of speed, ὡσεὶ π. ἠὲ νόημα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.36; πόδα τιθεὶς ἴσον πτεροῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 32 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς πτεροῖσ; [[ [prev. author] “fragment” 506 ] Refs]; also τῷ δ᾽ εὖτε πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i.e. spirit, courage, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.386 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νωμᾷ δ᾽ ἐν οἰωνοῖσι τοὐκείνης (i.e. Ἀφροδίτης) πτερόν, ἐν θηρσίν, ἐν βροτοῖσιν, ἐν θεοῖς her uplifting influence, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 941.11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]