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