I.to furnish with feathers or wings, feather, τινά Ar.; πτεροῦν βιβλίον to tie a paper to a feathered arrow, Hdt.:—Pass. to be or become feathered, to be fledged, Ar., Plat.
2.to furnish a ship with oars: metaph. in Pass., σκάφος τάρσῳ ἐπτερωμένον winged with oars, Eur.
II.metaph. to set on the wing, excite (cf. ἀναπτερόω), Ar.:—Pass. to be excited, Luc.