πτίλον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Of uncertain origin, with suggestions including Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. origin as shown by the alternative form ψίλον (psílon), relation to πέτομαι (pétomai, “to fly”), or to the Latin pilus (“a hair”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptí.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpti.lon/
Noun
πτῐ́λον • (ptílon) n (genitive πτῐ́λου); second declension (Attic)
- feather, especially a down feather
- 4th century BC, Eubulus, Collected Works 5
- wing, properly of insects
- the wing-like membrane in a kind of serpents
- anything like a feather or wing
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πτῐ́λον tò ptílon |
τὼ πτῐ́λω tṑ ptílō |
τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ tà ptíla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πτῐ́λου toû ptílou |
τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν toîn ptíloin |
τῶν πτῐ́λων tôn ptílōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πτῐ́λῳ tôi ptílōi |
τοῖν πτῐ́λοιν toîn ptíloin |
τοῖς πτῐ́λοις toîs ptílois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πτῐ́λον tò ptílon |
τὼ πτῐ́λω tṑ ptílō |
τᾰ̀ πτῐ́λᾰ tà ptíla | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτῐ́λον ptílon |
πτῐ́λω ptílō |
πτῐ́λᾰ ptíla | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
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- English: -ptile, ptilo-
- French: ptil-, -ptile
- Latin: ptilo- (New Latin)
References
- “πτίλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πτίλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πτίλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- Attic Greek