A.feathers, Od.15.527, Hdt.2.73, etc.: in sg., feather, E.Rh.618, Ar.Ach.584, 1105; πτεροῦ σῦριγξ quill, Hp.Fist.6; “τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοις” Luc.Salt.2; “ἀντὶ τριχῶν πτερὰ φύειν” Pl.Ti.91d (cf. Ar.Av.106); “ἡ τῶν π. ἀποβολή” Pl.Phdr. 246d: prov., πόνου δ᾽ ἴδοις ἂν οὐδαμοῦ ταὐτὸν π. misery is of varied plumage, i.e. manifold, A.Supp.329; τοῖς αὑτῶν π. ἁλίσκεσθαι to be shot with an arrow feathered from one's own plumes, 'hoist with one's own petard', Id.Fr.139; ἀλλοτρίοις π. ἀγάλλεσθαι pride oneself on 'borrowed plumes', Luc.Pro Merc.Cond.4; κείρευ πτερά 'have your wings clipped', Call.Epigr.47.8.
2. = πτέρυξ, bird's wing, freq. in pl., wings, Il.11.454, Od.2.151, etc. (sg., A.Fr.304.4); “οἶμον αἰθέρος ψαίρει πτεροῖς” Id.Pr.396; Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaph. from chickens under the hen's wings, Id.Eu.1001 (lyr.); “τὰ τέκν᾽ ἔχων ὑπὸ πτεροῖς” E.Heracl.10, etc.: as an emblem of speed, “ὡσεὶ π. ἠὲ νόημα” Od.7.36; “πόδα τιθεὶς ἴσον πτεροῖς” E.IT32; δοκεῖτε πηδᾶν τἀδικήματ᾽ εἰς θεοὺς πτεροῖσι; Id.Fr.506; also τῷ δ᾽ εὖτε πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings, i.e. spirit, courage, Il.19.386; νωμᾷ δ᾽ ἐν οἰωνοῖσι τοὐκείνης (sc. Ἀφροδίτης） πτερόν, ἐν θηρσίν, ἐν βροτοῖσιν, ἐν θεοῖς her uplifting influence, S.Fr.941.11.
III. anything like wings or feathers: as
1. oars, “ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται” Od.11.125; “νηὸς πτερά” Hes.Op.628 (unless sails, cf. “πτίλον” 111.2); ὅπῃ νεὼς στείλαιμ᾽ ἂν οὔριον π. E.Hel.147; “σκάφος ἀΐσσον πτεροῖσι” Id.Tr.1086 (lyr.): hence conversely, of birds, “πτεροῖς ἐρέσσει” Id.IT289; πτερῶν εἰρεσίᾳ, of Hermes, Luc.Tim.40.
2. ἀέθλων πτερά, i.e. the crown of victory, which lifts the victor to heaven, Pi.O.14.24, cf.P.9.125.
3. sg., wings of the wind, dub. in S.Fr.23.3.
4. fan or parasol, Com. Adesp.1129.
6. feathered arrow, E.Hel.76.
7. ploughshare, Lyc. 1072.
8. side-walls of Egyptian temples, Str.17.1.28, Plu.2.359a.
b. battlements, Procop.Aed.2.8.
c. portcullis, or drawbridge, in gateways, Sch.E.Ph.114.
