wing

Greek Noun Female

πτέρυξ, -υγος, ἡ (πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;] a wing: of birds, Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34, Rev.12:14; of creatures seen in a vision, Rev.4:8 9:9. (AS)

wing

Greek Noun Female

πτέρυξ (πτερύξ [Refs 3rd c.BC+], ῠγος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural πτερύγεσσι: (πτερόν):—wing of a bird, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν. ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων white in its plumage, save. the tips of the wings, of the ibis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Eros and Nike, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 'trying your wings', [Refs 4th c.AD+] 2) winged creature, bird, [Refs 4th c.AD+] 3) flight, augury, omen, ποίων (i.e. ὀρνίχων) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II) anything like a wing, II.1) in plural,= πτερύγια, fins of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; flippers of seals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of dolphins and whales, [Refs]; of the tortoise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.2) plural, feathery foliage, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2.b) ={ἄσπληνος}[Refs 1st c.AD+] II.3) blade of the steering-paddle, [Refs]: hence, rudder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑξήρετμοι π, of oars, [Refs] II.4) flap of a cuirass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Doric dialect χιτών, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.5) broad edge of a knife or hunting-spear, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; beak of the sword-fish (variant{ῥύγχος}), [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.6) lobe of the lungs, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.7) point of a building, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.8) front frame of a torsion-engine, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] II.9) shoulder-blade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.10) in plural, title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] II.11) plural, sails, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) anything that covers or protects like wings, π. πέπλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κολπώδη πτέρυγ᾽ Εὐβοίας, i.e. Aulis, [Refs]; of a mountain, Λιβάνου πτέρυγες [Refs 5th c.AD+] III.2) fence, wall, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] IV) metaphorically, πτέρυγες γόων the wings, i.e. the flight or flow, of grief, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a wing; wing; from a derivative of g4072 (πέτομαι) (meaning a feather)