πτερύγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pte.rý.ɡi.on/ → /pteˈry.ʝi.on/ → /pteˈri.ʝi.on/

• (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

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

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον; τοῦ πτερῠγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον tò pterúgion	τὼ πτερῠγῐ́ω tṑ pterugíō	τᾰ̀ πτερῠ́γῐᾰ tà pterúgia
Genitive	τοῦ πτερῠγῐ́ου toû pterugíou	τοῖν πτερῠγῐ́οιν toîn pterugíoin	τῶν πτερῠγῐ́ων tôn pterugíōn
Dative	τῷ πτερῠγῐ́ῳ tôi pterugíōi	τοῖν πτερῠγῐ́οιν toîn pterugíoin	τοῖς πτερῠγῐ́οις toîs pterugíois
Accusative	τὸ πτερῠ́γῐον tò pterúgion	τὼ πτερῠγῐ́ω tṑ pterugíō	τᾰ̀ πτερῠ́γῐᾰ tà pterúgia
Vocative	πτερῠ́γῐον pterúgion	πτερῠγῐ́ω pterugíō	πτερῠ́γῐᾰ pterúgia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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