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πτερόω , (πτερόν)
A.furnish with feathers or wings, τινα Ar.Av.1334, 1361, Ra.1437, Pl.R.467d; for πτεροῦν βυβλίον, v. γλυφίς:—Pass., to be or become feathered, to be fledged, Ar.Av.804, 1382, 1446 (with a play on signf. 11), Pl.Phdr.249a, al., Com.Adesp.172; “ἔπος ἐπτερωμένονAr.Ra.1388.
b. represent as winged, “τὰς Μούσας καὶ τὰς ΣειρῆναςPorph.Abst.3.16.
2. ναῦν π. have the oars spread like wings ready to dip into the water, Plb.1.46.11 (intr. in pf., ναῦς ἐπτερωκυῖα ib.9), cf. Plu.Ant.63, Charito 1.9; “ταρσῷ κατήρει πίτυλος ἐπτερωμένοςE.IT1346.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (19):
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1.1
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1382
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1446
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 804
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 11
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1334
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1361
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 1388
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 1437
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 1346
    • Plato, Republic, 467d
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 249a
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.46.11
    • Polybius, Histories, 9
    • Plutarch, Antonius, 63
    • Plutarch, Artaxerxes, 24
    • Lucian, De Domo, 4
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, 1.7
    • Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 1.9
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