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πτερόεις

pteroeis

feathered, winged

Appears 130 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πτερόεις, εσσα, εν: contr. forms, πτεροῦσσα E. Hipp. 733 (lyr.), Ph. 1019 (lyr.); πτεροῦντος Id. Ion 202 (lyr.); πτεροῦντα A. Supp. 1000:—A. feathered, winged, ὀϊστοί, ἰοί, Il. 5.171, 16.773; πέδιλα Hes. Sc. 220; αἰετός, Πάγασος, Pi. P. 2.50, I. 7(6).44; π. κόρα, of the Sphinx, S. OT 508 (lyr.); π. ἵππος, of Pegasus, E. Ion 202 (lyr.); ἵπποι π., of the horses of the Sun, Id. El. 466 (lyr.); κεραυνός Ar. Av. 576 (anap.); fluttering, λαισήϊα Il. 5.453,12.426. II. metaph., esp. in Ep., in phrase ἔπεα πτερόεντα winged words, Il. 1.201,al.; also π. ὕμνος Pi. I. 5(4).63; πτερόεντι τροχῷ Id. P. 2.22; φυγὰ πτερόεσσα E. Ion 1238 (lyr.); θυμός A.R. 4.23: applied by Call. to the τέττιξ, Aet.Oxy. 2079.32.
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