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πτεροφόρας

πτεροφόρας, wing worn

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πτεροφόρʼ masculine vocative singular, masculine nominative singular, masculine nominative plural, masculine vocative plural, masculine dative singular of πτεροφόρας

πτεροφόρʼ neuter nominative plural, neuter vocative plural, neuter accusative plural, masculine vocative singular, feminine vocative singular of πτεροφόρος

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πτερο-φόρᾱς, ου, ὁ, a name of certain sacred officers in Egypt, so called from the hawkʼs
  • wing worn on their heads, nom. pl. -φόραι OGI 56.4 (Canopus, iii B.C.), 90.7 (Rosetta, ii B.C.): also -φόροι, Hsch.; cf. sq. [πτεροφόρος] III, and πτεραφόρος.
    • II dat. sg. -φόρᾳ χιλιάρχῳ, perh. name of a military rank, or = πτεροφόρος II, Men. Pk. 104, cf. Hsch. s.v. πτεροφόροι.

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