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πτερόν (pteron) a feather ^G:N-N

πτερόν, τό,

(πέτομαι, πτέσθαι) mostly in plural, feathers, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in singular, feather, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πτεροῦ σῦριγξ quill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. misery is of varied plumage, i.e. manifold, [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', [Refs]; ἀλλοτρίοις π. ἀγάλλεσθαι pride oneself on 'borrowed plumes', [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 'have your wings clipped', [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

__2 ={πτέρυξ}, bird's wing, frequently in plural, wings, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaphorically from chickens under the hen's wings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as an emblem of speed, ὡσεὶ π. ἠὲ νόημα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς πτεροῖσ; [Refs]; also τῷ δ᾽ εὖτε πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i.e. spirit, courage, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νωμᾷ δ᾽ ἐν οἰωνοῖσι τοὐκείνης (i.e. Ἀφροδίτης) πτερόν, ἐν θηρσίν, ἐν βροτοῖσιν, ἐν θεοῖς her uplifting influence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 wings of a bat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of insects, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II any winged creature, as the Sphinx, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 omen, πιστὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III anything like wings or feathers: as
__III.1 oars, ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται [Refs 8th c.BC+] (unless sails,[Refs]; ὅπῃ νεὼς στείλαιμ᾽ ἂν οὔριον π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πτερῶν εἰρεσίᾳ, of Hermes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 ἀέθλων πτερά, i.e. the crown of victory, which lifts the victor to heaven, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 singular, wings of the wind, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 fan or parasol, Comedy texts Adesp.[Refs]
__III.5 π. ἱέρακος a hawk's wing, worn by the ἱερογραμματεύς in Egypt, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.6 feathered arrow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.7 ploughshare, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.8 side-walls of Egyptian temples, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III.8.b battlements, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__III.8.c portcullis, or drawbridge, in gateways, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.9 πτερὰ Θετταλικά were the fluttering corners of a χλαμύς (see. πτέρυξ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]