"πτίλον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πτίλον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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 ), 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, {{der|grc|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{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 • (ptĭ́lon) n (genitive πτῐ́λου); second declension, {{tlb|grc|Attic}} (Attic) Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πτῐ́λον|πτῐ́λου}} Forms: πτῐ́λον [canonical], ptĭ́lon [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, error-lua-exec
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  2. feather, especially a down feather
    plumelet
    Tags: Attic, error-lua-exec
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-DbCbpwQO Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Attic Greek, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 26 10 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 20 20 9 17 5 8 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 26 26 26 10 10 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 26 10 10 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 27 9 9 0 1
  3. feather, especially a down feather Tags: Attic, error-lua-exec
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-DMJ1Ssri Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Attic Greek, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 26 26 26 10 10 1 2 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 20 20 20 9 17 5 8 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 26 26 26 10 10 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 26 10 10 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 27 9 9 0 1
  4. wing, properly of insects Tags: Attic, error-lua-exec
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-PdNeyAJb
  5. wing, properly of insects
    the wing-like membrane in a kind of serpents
    Tags: Attic, error-lua-exec
    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, error-lua-exec
    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, error-lua-exec, in-plural
    Sense id: en-πτίλον-grc-noun-En31KihR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ψῐ́λον (psĭ́lon) [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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    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "via the Doric form ψίλον",
      "word": "Ψῐ́λαξ"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptila",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptila",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptile",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptile",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptilum",
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          "expansion": "Pachyptilum",
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        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "Pachyptilus",
            "2": "genus"
          },
          "expansion": "Pachyptilus",
          "name": "taxfmt"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "generic names"
          },
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      ],
      "text": "Translingual: Pachyptila, Pachyptile, Pachyptilum, Pachyptilus (generic names)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "en",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "English: -ptile, ptilo-"
    },
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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "French: ptil-, -ptile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: ptil-, -ptile"
    },
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            "1": "la",
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          },
          "expansion": "Latin: ptilo-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "New Latin"
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        }
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "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 ), or to the Latin pilus (“a hair”).\nRelated to Mycenaean Greek 𐀠𐀴𐁊𐀸𐀭 (pi-ti-ryo-we-sa /⁠ptilowessa⁠/, “decorated with a feather pattern”).",
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      "form": "πτῐ́λον",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ptĭ́lon",
      "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 ptĭ́lon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πτῐ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ ptĭ́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ ptĭ́lă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πτῐ́λου",
      "roman": "toû ptĭ́lou",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ptĭ́loin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πτῐ́λων",
      "roman": "tôn ptĭ́lōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πτῐ́λῳ",
      "roman": "tôi ptĭ́lōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn ptĭ́loin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πτῐ́λοις",
      "roman": "toîs ptĭ́lois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτῐ́λον",
      "roman": "tò ptĭ́lon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πτῐ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ ptĭ́lō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ",
      "roman": "tằ ptĭ́lă",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λον",
      "roman": "ptĭ́lon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λω",
      "roman": "ptĭ́lō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτῐ́λᾰ",
      "roman": "ptĭ́lă",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    },
    {
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        "2": "Attic"
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      "expansion": "(Attic)",
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  "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": [
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          "feather",
          "feather"
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        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "error-lua-exec"
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    },
    {
      "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"
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        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "plumelet",
          "plumelet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "error-lua-exec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
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        [
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          "feather"
        ],
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "error-lua-exec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Progression of Animals 713A.10"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing, properly of insects"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "error-lua-exec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "error-lua-exec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "200 BCE – 100 BCE, Nicander, Theriaca 524"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anything like a feather or wing",
        "leaf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leaf",
          "leaf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "error-lua-exec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "error-lua-exec",
        "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "psĭ́lon",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "ψῐ́λον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πτίλον"
}

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