πτερύγιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), thus literally “winglet”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pte.rý.ɡi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pteˈry.ɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pteˈry.ʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pteˈry.ʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pteˈri.ʝi.on/
Noun
πτερύγῐον • (pterúgion) n (genitive πτερῠγίου); second declension
- fin (limb of a fish etc.)
- (architecture) pinnacle (upright member)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον; τοῦ πτερῠγῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον tò pterúgion | τὼ πτερῠγῐ́ω tṑ pterugíō | τᾰ̀ πτερῠ́γῐᾰ tà pterúgia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πτερῠγῐ́ου toû pterugíou | τοῖν πτερῠγῐ́οιν toîn pterugíoin | τῶν πτερῠγῐ́ων tôn pterugíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πτερῠγῐ́ῳ tôi pterugíōi | τοῖν πτερῠγῐ́οιν toîn pterugíoin | τοῖς πτερῠγῐ́οις toîs pterugíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον tò pterúgion | τὼ πτερῠγῐ́ω tṑ pterugíō | τᾰ̀ πτερῠ́γῐᾰ tà pterúgia | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτερῠ́γῐον pterúgion | πτερῠγῐ́ω pterugíō | πτερῠ́γῐᾰ pterúgia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: πτερύγιο (pterýgio)
- → Latin: pterygium
- → English: pterygium
- → Classical Syriac: ܟܢܦܐ (semantic loan)
Further reading
- πτερύγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πτερύγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4419 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible