πτερύγιο
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion), diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux) (whence Greek πτέρυγα (ptéryga)).
Noun[edit]
πτερύγιο • (pterýgio) n (plural πτερύγια)
- fin, flipper (of fish)
- (by extension) mechanical part resembling a fin
- (by extension) blade of a propeller
- (anatomy) auricle (of the ear), pinna
Declension[edit]
Declension of πτερύγιο
References[edit]
- “πτερύγιο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998