wing
wing
subs.
P. and V. πτέρυξ, ἡ, πτερόν, τό.
Wing of an army: P. and V. κέρᾰς, τό.
Post on the wings: P. ἐκ πλαγίου τάσσειν (Thuc. 7, 6).
Wings (on the stage): P. παρασκήνια, τά (Dem. 520).
Flap the wings, v.: Ar. πτερῠγίζειν (absol.).
Furnish with wings, v. trans.: Ar. and P. πτεροῦν (Plat.).
Grow wings, v. intrans.: P. πτεροφυεῖν (Plat.).
Take wing: see fly away.
Now have past blessings taken wing and flown: V. καὶ νῦν ἐκεῖνα μὲν θανόντʼ ἀνέπτατο (Eur. H. F. 69).
I renounce my quarrel with you, let it take wing and go: V. μεθίημι νεῖκος τὸ σὸν· ἴτω δʼ ὑπόπτερον (Eur. Hel. 1236).
subs.
P. and V. πτέρυξ, ἡ, πτερόν, τό.
Wing of an army: P. and V. κέρᾰς, τό.
Post on the wings: P. ἐκ πλαγίου τάσσειν (Thuc. 7, 6).
Wings (on the stage): P. παρασκήνια, τά (Dem. 520).
Flap the wings, v.: Ar. πτερῠγίζειν (absol.).
Furnish with wings, v. trans.: Ar. and P. πτεροῦν (Plat.).
Grow wings, v. intrans.: P. πτεροφυεῖν (Plat.).
Take wing: see fly away.
Now have past blessings taken wing and flown: V. καὶ νῦν ἐκεῖνα μὲν θανόντʼ ἀνέπτατο (Eur. H. F. 69).
I renounce my quarrel with you, let it take wing and go: V. μεθίημι νεῖκος τὸ σὸν· ἴτω δʼ ὑπόπτερον (Eur. Hel. 1236).
wing
v. trans.
Furnish with wings: Ar. and P. πτεροῦν.
Wing one’s flight: use P. and V. πέτεσθαι; see fly.
v. trans.
Furnish with wings: Ar. and P. πτεροῦν.
Wing one’s flight: use P. and V. πέτεσθαι; see fly.
WING
PROP. ala. Wings alae; pennae (alae is used also of insects; pennae only of birds; according to Quint. 1 4 12 pinnae for pennae is wrong): to have wings alatum esse (poetical PROP.); volare (figuratively of time): to clip the wings pennas alicui incidere (PROP. and figuratively; Cic. Att. 4 2 5): to clip his wings alas intervellere (i.e. pluck some of the feathers out; IMPROP.; Plaut.): the wings grow again pennae renascuntur (PROP. and figuratively).
Figuratively (a) Of an army cornu (a wing of the main army of the Roman legions): ala (one of the wings of the cavalry and allies which extended beyond the Roman legions; Vid: Gell. 16 4): The troops which formed the wings alarii; so also alariae cohortes (Vid: commentators on Caes. B.G. 1 51): to be in the right wing to form the right wing dextrum cornu tenere; in dextro cornu consistere: to attack the left wing invadere sinistrum cornu. (b) A side building of a house tectum quod est viae junctum (a building projecting from the main building toward the street Gell. 16 5): ala (one of the walks or halls on the right or left side of the court in a Roman house Vitr. 4 7 2; 63 4 sq.). To build another wing (to a building) accessionem adjungere aedibus. (c) Of a door foris: valva (rarely in the sing.).
PROP. ala. Wings alae; pennae (alae is used also of insects; pennae only of birds; according to Quint. 1 4 12 pinnae for pennae is wrong): to have wings alatum esse (poetical PROP.); volare (figuratively of time): to clip the wings pennas alicui incidere (PROP. and figuratively; Cic. Att. 4 2 5): to clip his wings alas intervellere (i.e. pluck some of the feathers out; IMPROP.; Plaut.): the wings grow again pennae renascuntur (PROP. and figuratively).
Figuratively (a) Of an army cornu (a wing of the main army of the Roman legions): ala (one of the wings of the cavalry and allies which extended beyond the Roman legions; Vid: Gell. 16 4): The troops which formed the wings alarii; so also alariae cohortes (Vid: commentators on Caes. B.G. 1 51): to be in the right wing to form the right wing dextrum cornu tenere; in dextro cornu consistere: to attack the left wing invadere sinistrum cornu. (b) A side building of a house tectum quod est viae junctum (a building projecting from the main building toward the street Gell. 16 5): ala (one of the walks or halls on the right or left side of the court in a Roman house Vitr. 4 7 2; 63 4 sq.). To build another wing (to a building) accessionem adjungere aedibus. (c) Of a door foris: valva (rarely in the sing.).
wing (subs.):
I. Lit.:
1. āla: cocks clap their w.s, galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. in Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57: that they (the bees) may be able to spread their w.s to the summer sun, ut possint alas pandere ad aestivum solem, Virg. G. 4, 27.
2. pennae, ārum (feathers): birds keep their young warm beneath their w.s, aves pullos pennis fovent, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: to unfold the w.s, explicare pennas, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55: bees shake their w.s, apes pennis coruscant, Virg. G. 4, 73. Fig.: those who had clipped my w.s would not have them grow again, qui mihi pennas inciderant nolunt easdem renasci, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5: to be on the w., volare: v.TO FLY .
II. Fig.: (i.) the wing of an army:
1. cornu (extremity, w. of an army): the enemy's line was repulsed on the left w., hostium acies a sinistro cornu pulsa est, Caes. B. G. 1, 52.
2. āla (prop. the cavalry stationed on the wing): the right w., dextera ala, Liv. 27, 2. Phr.: the cavalry on the w., alarii equites, Liv. 40, 40. (ii.) the wing of a building: āla: Vitr. 6, 4, 28.
I. Lit.:
1. āla: cocks clap their w.s, galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. in Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57: that they (the bees) may be able to spread their w.s to the summer sun, ut possint alas pandere ad aestivum solem, Virg. G. 4, 27.
2. pennae, ārum (feathers): birds keep their young warm beneath their w.s, aves pullos pennis fovent, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: to unfold the w.s, explicare pennas, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55: bees shake their w.s, apes pennis coruscant, Virg. G. 4, 73. Fig.: those who had clipped my w.s would not have them grow again, qui mihi pennas inciderant nolunt easdem renasci, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5: to be on the w., volare: v.
II. Fig.: (i.) the wing of an army:
1. cornu (extremity, w. of an army): the enemy's line was repulsed on the left w., hostium acies a sinistro cornu pulsa est, Caes. B. G. 1, 52.
2. āla (prop. the cavalry stationed on the wing): the right w., dextera ala, Liv. 27, 2. Phr.: the cavalry on the w., alarii equites, Liv. 40, 40. (ii.) the wing of a building: āla: Vitr. 6, 4, 28.
wing (v.): Phr.: to w. one's way through the air, aerias carpere vias, Ov. A. A. 2, 44.
πτέρυξ
the wing
the wing
πτερύγωμα
the wings
τετραπτερυλλίς
a four-wing
the wing
appearing fewer than 50 times
πτερύγιονthe wing
πτερύγωμα
the wings
τετραπτερυλλίς
a four-wing
ala
a wing; armpit
winged, having wings
phoenicopterus
the flamingo, red-wing (of water-bird)
pinnula
a little wing, pinion
a wing; armpit
appearing fewer than 50 times
alatuswinged, having wings
phoenicopterus
the flamingo, red-wing (of water-bird)
pinnula
a little wing, pinion