πτερόν
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥. Connected with πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”). Cognate with English feather.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pte.rón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pteˈron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pteˈron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pteˈron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pteˈron/
Noun
πτερόν • (pterón) n (genitive πτεροῦ); second declension
- feather
- wing
- Any winged creature
- Any wing-like object
Usage notes
- Usually plural.
- Along with ᾠόν (ōión), λουτρόν (loutrón), ζυγόν (zugón) and ἑρπετόν (herpetón) this is one of the very few neuter nouns that do not have a recessive accent.
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ πτερόν; τοῦ πτεροῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πτερόν tò pterón | τὼ πτερώ tṑ pterṓ | τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́ tà pterá | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πτεροῦ toû pteroû | τοῖν πτεροῖν toîn pteroîn | τῶν πτερῶν tôn pterôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πτερῷ tôi pterôi | τοῖν πτεροῖν toîn pteroîn | τοῖς πτεροῖς toîs pteroîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πτερόν tò pterón | τὼ πτερώ tṑ pterṓ | τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́ tà pterá | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτερόν pterón | πτερώ pterṓ | πτερᾰ́ pterá | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐ́πτερος (dípteros)
- κολεόπτερος (koleópteros)
- κῠᾰνόπτερος (kuanópteros)
- λευκόπτερος (leukópteros)
- μελᾰνόπτερος (melanópteros)
- ποικῐλόπτερος (poikilópteros)
- πτέρῐνος (ptérinos)
- ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros)
Descendants
- Greek: φτερό (fteró)
- French: hélicoptère
Further reading
- “πτερόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πτερόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πτερόν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πτερόν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πτερόν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πτερόν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- arrow idem, page 42.
- augury idem, page 52.
- bolt idem, page 88.
- feather idem, page 313.
- omen idem, page 572.
- pinion idem, page 614.
- plume idem, page 621.
- quill idem, page 667.
- shaft idem, page 760.
- sign idem, page 774.
- wing idem, page 981.