pinnacle

Greek Noun Neuter

πτερύγιον, -ου, -τό (dimin. of πτέρυξ), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;] 1) a little wing. 2) Anything like a wing, as a turret, battlement: τ. ἱεροῦ, Mat.4:5, Luk.4:9. (AS)

pinnacle

Greek Noun Neuter

πτερῠγ-ιον, τό, diminutive of πτέρυξ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. II) anything like a wing. II.1) in plural, fins of fish, [Refs]; of the tail-flaps of a lobster, [Refs]; of certain sea-slugs, [Refs]; fins of the sepia and other cuttle-fish, πτερύγι᾽. σηπίας ὠπτημένα [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) horns of the horned owl, [Refs] II.3) end or tip of the rudder, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a pole, [Refs 5th c.AD+] II.4) in a building, turret or battlement, or (as others) pointed roof, peak, [NT] II.5) flap, fold [LXX+4th c.BC+]; flap of a cuirass, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.6) in the body, part of the shoulderblade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the ear, parts joining the temples,[Refs 5th c.AD+]; of the nose, parts joining the cheeks, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.7) in Medicine texts, disease of the eye when a membrane grows over it from the inner corner, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.8) fleshy excrescence on the nails, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.9) plural,= του ={πνεύμονος τοῦ λοβοῦ τὰ ἄκρα}, [Refs 5th c.AD+] II.10) plural, flanges holding the projector of a torsion-engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Neuter

a winglet, i.e. (figuratively) extremity (top corner); pinnacle; neuter of a presumed derivative of g4420 (πτέρυξ)