"πτίλον" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /ptí.lon/, /ˈpti.lon/, /ˈpti.lon/, /ptí.lon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpti.lon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpti.lon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpti.lon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpti.lon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of uncertain origin, with suggestions including Pre-Greek origin as shown by the alternative form ψίλον (psílon), relation to πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”) (e.g., via a Proto-Indo-European preform *pth₂-il-o-m), or to the Latin pilus (“a hair”). Related to Mycenaean Greek 𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭 (pi-ti-ryo-we-sa /⁠ptilowessa⁠/, “decorated with a feather pattern”). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{m|grc|ψίλον}} ψίλον (psílon), {{m|grc|πέτομαι||to fly}} πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{m|ine-pro|*pth₂-il-o-m}} *pth₂-il-o-m, {{cog|la|pilus||a hair}} Latin pilus (“a hair”), {{cog|gmy|𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭|t=decorated with a feather pattern|ts=ptilowessa}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭 (pi-ti-ryo-we-sa /⁠ptilowessa⁠/, “decorated with a feather pattern”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πτῐ́λου|n|second|head=πτῐ́λον}} πτῐ́λον • (ptílon) n (genitive πτῐ́λου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πτῐ́λον|πτῐ́λου}} Forms: πτῐ́λον [canonical], ptílon [romanization], πτῐ́λου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ πτῐ́λον [nominative, singular], τὼ πτῐ́λω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ πτῐ́λου [genitive, singular], τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πτῐ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ πτῐ́λῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πτῐ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸ πτῐ́λον [accusative, singular], τὼ πτῐ́λω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ [accusative, plural], πτῐ́λον [singular, vocative], πτῐ́λω [dual, vocative], πτῐ́λᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. feather, especially a down feather
    the down of a youth's face
    Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-hw9ida8- Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Attic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 10 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 20 20 9 17 5 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 24 10 10 3 4 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 27 27 27 9 9 1 1
  2. feather, especially a down feather
    plumelet
    Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-DbCbpwQO Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Attic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 10 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 20 20 9 17 5 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 24 10 10 3 4 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 27 27 27 9 9 1 1
  3. feather, especially a down feather Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-DMJ1Ssri Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Attic Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 25 10 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 20 20 9 17 5 8 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 24 24 24 10 10 3 4 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 27 27 27 9 9 1 1
  4. wing, properly of insects Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-PdNeyAJb
  5. wing, properly of insects
    the wing-like membrane in a kind of serpents
    Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-L8~PAZ1c Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 20 20 9 17 5 8
  6. anything like a feather or wing
    leaf
    Tags: Attic
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-RX-4-Ez1
  7. anything like a feather or wing
    (in the plural) the sails of a ship
    Tags: Attic, in-plural
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-En31KihR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ψῐ́λον (psílon) [Doric] Derived forms: Ψῐ́λαξ (via the Doric form ψίλον)

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          "text": "60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Demosthenes 51"
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      "roman": "via the Doric form ψίλον",
      "word": "Ψῐ́λαξ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptila",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptila",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptile",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptile",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptilum",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptilum",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptilus",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptilus",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "generic names"
          },
          "expansion": "(generic names)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Pachyptila, Pachyptile, Pachyptilum, Pachyptilus (generic names)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-ptile",
            "3": "ptilo-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: -ptile, ptilo-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ptile, ptilo-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "ptil-",
            "3": "-ptile"
          },
          "expansion": "French: ptil-, -ptile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: ptil-, -ptile"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "ptilo-"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: ptilo-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "New Latin"
          },
          "expansion": "(New Latin)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: ptilo- (New Latin)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ψίλον"
      },
      "expansion": "ψίλον (psílon)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πέτομαι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to fly"
      },
      "expansion": "πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*pth₂-il-o-m"
      },
      "expansion": "*pth₂-il-o-m",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pilus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pilus (“a hair”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭",
        "t": "decorated with a feather pattern",
        "ts": "ptilowessa"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭 (pi-ti-ryo-we-sa /⁠ptilowessa⁠/, “decorated with a feather pattern”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of uncertain origin, with suggestions including Pre-Greek origin as shown by the alternative form ψίλον (psílon), relation to πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”) (e.g., via a Proto-Indo-European preform *pth₂-il-o-m), or to the Latin pilus (“a hair”).\nRelated to Mycenaean Greek 𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭 (pi-ti-ryo-we-sa /⁠ptilowessa⁠/, “decorated with a feather pattern”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λον",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ptílon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτῐ́λον",
      "roman": "tò ptílon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πτῐ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ ptílō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ",
      "roman": "tà ptíla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πτῐ́λου",
      "roman": "toû ptílou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ptíloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πτῐ́λων",
      "roman": "tôn ptílōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πτῐ́λῳ",
      "roman": "tôi ptílōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ptíloin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πτῐ́λοις",
      "roman": "toîs ptílois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτῐ́λον",
      "roman": "tò ptílon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πτῐ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ ptílō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ",
      "roman": "tà ptíla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λον",
      "roman": "ptílon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λω",
      "roman": "ptílō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λᾰ",
      "roman": "ptíla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πτῐ́λου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "πτῐ́λον"
      },
      "expansion": "πτῐ́λον • (ptílon) n (genitive πτῐ́λου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πτῐ́λον",
        "2": "πτῐ́λου"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, On Demosthenes 51"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feather, especially a down feather",
        "the down of a youth's face"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 585"
        },
        {
          "text": "446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 1182"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feather, especially a down feather",
        "plumelet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "plumelet",
          "plumelet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "400 BCE – 200 BCE, Clytus, Collected Works 1"
        },
        {
          "text": "175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, On the Nature of Animals 12.4"
        },
        {
          "text": "450 BCE – 350 BCE, Plato Comicus, Collected Works 97"
        },
        {
          "text": "4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 5"
        },
        {
          "text": "200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 21.28.12"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feather, especially a down feather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Progression of Animals 713A.10"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing, properly of insects"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.76"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing, properly of insects",
        "the wing-like membrane in a kind of serpents"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 524"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything like a feather or wing",
        "leaf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "300 BCE – 200 BCE, Lycophron, Alexandra 25"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything like a feather or wing",
        "the sails of a ship"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sails",
          "sails"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "anything like a feather or wing",
        "(in the plural) the sails of a ship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ptí.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.lon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ptí.lon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.lon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.lon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.lon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.lon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "psílon",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "ψῐ́λον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πτίλον"
}

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