Πτερυγίζων

flapping, fluttering

Translated by David Whitehead16 Apr 2010Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 22 words
[Meaning one who is] flying.1
Aristophanes [says] about Magnes that he wrote a play [called] Birds and a Fig-flies and a Lydians.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πτερυγίζων· πετόμενος. Ἀριστοφάνης περὶ Μάγνητος, ὅτι Ὄρνιθας ἐποίησε δρᾶμα καὶ Ψῆνας καὶ Λυδούς.

Betacode
*pterugi/zwn: peto/menos. *)aristofa/nhs peri\ *ma/gnhtos, o(/ti *)/orniqas e)poi/hse dra=ma kai\ *yh=nas kai\ *ludou/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise in Photius and other lexica. The headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of pterugi/zw (cf. pi 3017) -- is quoted from Aristophanes, Knights 522. ↩
  2. 2See already at mu 20. ↩

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Neighbouring entries

π3016Πτέρυγες περιστερᾶςwings of a doveπ3017Πτερυγίζεινto flap one's wingsπ3018Πτερυγίζωνflapping, flutteringπ3019Πτερύγιονpinnacleπ3020Πτερυλλίδωνof little winged ones
Revision history5 revisions · last 25 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. expanded n.1; another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. set status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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