"πτερόν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πτερόν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pte.rón/, /pteˈron/, /pteˈron/, /pte.rón/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pteˈron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /pteˈron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /pteˈron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /pteˈron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *pterón, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather”). Related to πέτομαι (pétomai, “I fly”). Cognate with English feather. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*peth₂-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*pterón}} Proto-Hellenic *pterón, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*péth₂r̥|t=feather}} Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather”), {{cog|en|feather}} English feather Head templates: {{grc-noun|πτεροῦ|n|second}} πτερόν • (pterón) n (genitive πτεροῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πτερόν|οῦ}} Forms: pterón [romanization], πτεροῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ πτερόν [nominative, singular], πτερώ [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́ [nominative, plural], τοῦ πτεροῦ [genitive, singular], πτεροῖν [dual, genitive], πτερῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ πτερῷ [dative, singular], πτεροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς πτεροῖς [dative, plural], τὸ πτερόν [accusative, singular], πτερώ [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́ [accusative, plural], πτερόν [singular, vocative], πτερώ [dual, vocative], πτερᾰ́ [plural, vocative]
  1. feather
    Sense id: en-πτερόν-grc-noun-tSEV6lU8
  2. wing
    Sense id: en-πτερόν-grc-noun-wEfK75W0
  3. Any winged creature
    Sense id: en-πτερόν-grc-noun-JzOtxAT9 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 58 25 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 18 18 46 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 62 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 71 25 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 3 3 80 13
  4. Any wing-like object
    Sense id: en-πτερόν-grc-noun-wiJwlrUg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἄπτερος (ápteros), δῐ́πτερος (dĭ́pteros), κολεόπτερος (koleópteros), κῠᾰνόπτερος (kŭănópteros), λευκόπτερος (leukópteros), μελᾰνόπτερος (melănópteros), ποικῐλόπτερος (poikĭlópteros), πτέρῐνος (ptérĭnos), πτερόεις (pteróeis), πτερόω (pteróō), ὑμενόπτερος (humenópteros)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ápteros",
      "word": "ἄπτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dĭ́pteros",
      "word": "δῐ́πτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "koleópteros",
      "word": "κολεόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kŭănópteros",
      "word": "κῠᾰνόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "leukópteros",
      "word": "λευκόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "melănópteros",
      "word": "μελᾰνόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "poikĭlópteros",
      "word": "ποικῐλόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ptérĭnos",
      "word": "πτέρῐνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pteróeis",
      "word": "πτερόεις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pteróō",
      "word": "πτερόω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "humenópteros",
      "word": "ὑμενόπτερος"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "φτερό"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: φτερό (fteró)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: φτερό (fteró)"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "en",
            "2": "ptero-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ptero-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ptero-, -pter"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "hélicoptère"
          },
          "expansion": "French: hélicoptère",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*péth₂r̥",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "pterón",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτεροῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτερόν",
      "roman": "tò pterón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερώ",
      "roman": "pterṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́",
      "roman": "tằ pterắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πτεροῦ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτεροῖν",
      "roman": "pteroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερῶν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πτερῷ",
      "roman": "tôi pterôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτεροῖν",
      "roman": "pteroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πτεροῖς",
      "roman": "toîs pteroîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτερόν",
      "roman": "tò pterón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "pterṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́",
      "roman": "tằ pterắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερόν",
      "roman": "pterón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "pterṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερᾰ́",
      "roman": "pterắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "πτεροῦ",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "πτερόν • (pterón) n (genitive πτεροῦ); second declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πτερόν",
        "2": "οῦ"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feather"
      ],
      "id": "en-πτερόν-grc-noun-tSEV6lU8",
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wing"
      ],
      "id": "en-πτερόν-grc-noun-wEfK75W0",
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 58 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 18 46 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 62 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 71 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 80 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any winged creature"
      ],
      "id": "en-πτερόν-grc-noun-JzOtxAT9"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any wing-like object"
      ],
      "id": "en-πτερόν-grc-noun-wiJwlrUg"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pte.rón/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pte.rón/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πτερόν"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
    "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Animal body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ápteros",
      "word": "ἄπτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dĭ́pteros",
      "word": "δῐ́πτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "koleópteros",
      "word": "κολεόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kŭănópteros",
      "word": "κῠᾰνόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leukópteros",
      "word": "λευκόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "melănópteros",
      "word": "μελᾰνόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "poikĭlópteros",
      "word": "ποικῐλόπτερος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ptérĭnos",
      "word": "πτέρῐνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pteróeis",
      "word": "πτερόεις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pteróō",
      "word": "πτερόω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "humenópteros",
      "word": "ὑμενόπτερος"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          },
          "expansion": "Greek: φτερό (fteró)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: φτερό (fteró)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ptero-",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "fr",
            "2": "hélicoptère"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pterón",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτεροῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτερόν",
      "roman": "tò pterón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερώ",
      "roman": "pterṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́",
      "roman": "tằ pterắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πτεροῦ",
      "roman": "toû pteroû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτεροῖν",
      "roman": "pteroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερῶν",
      "roman": "pterôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πτερῷ",
      "roman": "tôi pterôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτεροῖν",
      "roman": "pteroîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πτεροῖς",
      "roman": "toîs pteroîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ πτερόν",
      "roman": "tò pterón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερώ",
      "roman": "pterṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ πτερᾰ́",
      "roman": "tằ pterắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερόν",
      "roman": "pterón",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερώ",
      "roman": "pterṓ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πτερᾰ́",
      "roman": "pterắ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "πτεροῦ",
        "2": "n",
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "πτερόν",
        "2": "οῦ"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "feather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any winged creature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any wing-like object"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pte.rón/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pte.rón/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pteˈron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πτερόν"
}

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