Πτῆμα

flight

Translated by William Hutton29 Sep 2013Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 12 words

[Meaning] a flying of birds. "The flight of the birds was rounded."¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πτῆμα· πτῆσις οἰωνῶν. περιφερὲς δὲ ἦν τὸ πτῆμα τῶν οἰωνῶν.

Betacode

*pth=ma: pth=sis oi)wnw=n. perifere\s de\ h)=n to\ pth=ma tw=n oi)wnw=n.

The headword, a neuter noun in the nominative/accusative singular, is unattested elsewhere. For the glossing phrase cf. pi 3025.
1Quotation (as it seems to be) unidentifiable. For 'rounded' (circular? all around?) cf. pi 1339. ↩

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