# πτέρυξ
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* πτερῠ́ξ (pterŭ́x)

### Etymology

Connected with πτερόν (pterón, “feather”), but with an unexplained suffix.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pté.ryks/ → /ˈpte.ryks/ → /ˈpte.riks/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pté.ryks/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈpte.ryks/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈpte.ryks/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈpte.ryks/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈpte.riks/

### Noun

πτέρῠξ • (ptérŭx) f (genitive πτέρῠγος); third declension
* (usually in the plural) wing of a bird
** winged creature, bird
** (poetic) flight, augury, omen
* anything like a wing:
** (zootomy, in the plural) fins, flippers
    Synonym: πτερῠ́γῐᾰ (pterŭ́gĭă)
** (in the plural) feathery foliage
*** ivy (Hedera helix)
    Synonym: ᾰ̓́σπληνος (ắsplēnos)
** blade of the steering paddle; rudder, oar
** flap of a cuirass
** broad edge of a sword or axe; (zootomy) beak of a swordfish
** (anatomy) lobe of the lungs; earlobe
** point of a building
** front frame of a torsion engine
** (anatomy) shoulder blade
** (in the plural) The title of a poem whose lines form a pattern like wings.
** (in the plural) sails
* anything that covers or protects like wings
** fence, wall
* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!

#### Derived terms

* αἰολοπτέρῠξ (aioloptérŭx)
* ᾰ̓πτέρῠγος (ăptérŭgos)
* δῐπτέρῠγος (dĭptérŭgos)
* ἐλᾰχῠπτέρῠξ (elăkhŭptérŭx)
* ἑξᾰπτέρῠγος (hexăptérŭgos)
* εὐπτέρῠγος (euptérŭgos)
* κῠᾰνοπτέρῠξ (kŭănoptérŭx)
* λευκοπτέρῠξ (leukoptérŭx)
* λῐγῠπτέρῠγος (lĭgŭptérŭgos)
* λῐνοπτέρῠξ (lĭnoptérŭx)
* μεγᾰλοπτέρῠγος (megăloptérŭgos)
* μελᾰνοπτέρῠξ (melănoptérŭx)
* μεσοπτερῠ́γῐᾰ (mesopterŭ́gĭă)
* μῑκροπτέρῠξ (mīkroptérŭx)
* πτερῠγῐ́ζω (pterŭgĭ́zō)
* πτερῠ́γῐον (pterŭ́gĭon)
* πτέρῠγμα (ptérŭgma)
* πτερῠγοειδής (pterŭgoeidḗs)
* πτερῠγόομαι (pterŭgóomai)
* πτερῠγοποίκῐλος (pterŭgopoíkĭlos)
* πτερῠγοτομέω (pterŭgotoméō)
* πτερῠγοτόμος (pterŭgotómos)
* πτερῠγοτῠ́ρᾰννος (pterŭgotŭ́rănnos)
* πτερῠγοφόρος (pterŭgophóros)
* πτερῠγόω (pterŭgóō)
* πτερῠγώδης (pterŭgṓdēs)
* πτερῠγωκής (pterŭgōkḗs)
* πτερῠγωτός (pterŭgōtós)
* πῠρροπτέρῠξ (pŭrrhoptérŭx)
* τᾰνῠπτέρῠξ (tănŭptérŭx)
* τᾰνῠσῐπτέρῠγος (tănŭsĭptérŭgos)
* φοινῑκόπτερῠξ (phoinīkópterŭx)
* χρῡσοπτέρῠγος (khrūsoptérŭgos)

#### Descendants

* Greek: πτέρυγα (ptéryga)
* English: pterygo-, pteryg-

### References

* “πτέρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “πτέρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “πτέρυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* πτέρυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* πτέρυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “πτέρυξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G4420 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. flap idem, page 325.pinion idem, page 614.wing idem, page 981.