πτερύγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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
  • → Classical Syriac: ܟܢܦܐ (semantic loan)

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