πτερόω

pteroo

furnish with feathers

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 6
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Chapter ?

246c1
249c4
249d6
256d4
249a1
249a4
Republic 1
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Book V 1
Chapter ?

467d12

Dictionary (LSJ)

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. II), Pl. Phdr. 249a, al., Com.Adesp. 172; ἔπος ἐπτερωμένον Ar. Ra. 1388. b. represent as winged, τὰς Μούσας καὶ τὰς Σειρῆνας Porph. 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 ἐπτερωμένος E. IT 1346. II. metaph., set on the wing, excite, Ar. Av. 1446 (v. supr. I.1):—Pass., to be excited, ἐπὶ τὸν Πυθαγόρου βίον Philostr. VA 1.7; ἐς χορείην Anacreont. 51.4; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν Luc. Dom. 4; τοῖς ἔξωθεν πλεονεκτήμασιν Jul. Or. 7.235b: abs., Plu. Art. 24.

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