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ποτανός

ποτανός, winged, flying, furnished with wings

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ποτανοῖς masculine dative plural, neuter dative plural of ποτανός

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ποτᾱνός, ά, όν,
  • winged, flying, ἐν ποτανοῖς among fowls, Pi. N. 3.80; π. οἰωνοί E. Hel. 1478 (lyr.); πέδιλα Id. El. 460 (lyr.); π. εἴ σέ τις θεῶν κτίσαι Id. Supp. 620 (lyr.), cf. 1142 (lyr.): prov. of vain pursuits, διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν A. Ag. 394 (lyr.): metaph., ποτανὸς ἐν Μοίσαισι, i.e. soaring in the arts of the Muses, Pi. P. 5.114; ποτανᾷ μαχανᾷ by soaring art, i.e. by poesy, Id. N. 7.22; ἐμᾷ ποτανὸς ἀμφὶ μαχανᾷ Id. P. 8.34; ποταναὶ (v.l. ποτʼ αἰναὶ) τευθίδες Epich. 61.—Dor. for ποτηνός, which occurs only in Poet. ap. Pl. Phdr. 252b.

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