πτερύγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), thus literally “winglet”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pte.rý.ɡi.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pteˈry.ɡi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pteˈry.ʝi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pteˈry.ʝi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pteˈri.ʝi.on/

Noun

πτερύγῐον • (pterúgion) n (genitive πτερῠγίου); second declension

fin (limb of a fish etc.)
(architecture) pinnacle (upright member)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Greek: πτερύγιο (pterýgio)
→ Latin: pterygium
- → English: pterygium
→ Classical Syriac: ܟܢܦܐ‎ (semantic loan)

Further reading

πτερύγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“πτερύγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
G4419 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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