- ἄπτερος
- ἄπτερος, ον,A without wings, unwinged, Hom. only in Od., and always in phrase τῇ δ' ἄπτερος ἔπλετο μῦθος the speech was to her without wings, remained unuttered, opp. ἔπεα πτερόεντα, 17.57; ἄ. φάτις unspoken rumour, A.Ag.278; ἄπτερα πωτήματα wingless flight, Id.Eu.250; ἄ δρόμος, of the Trojan horse, v.l. in Tryph.85.2 ἄπτερα, opp. πτερωτά, without wings, of insects, Arist.HA523b17; ἄπτερον, τό, Id.PA642b33.II unfeathered, of Harpies, A.Eu.51;
ἄνθρωπος ζῷον ἄ. Pl.Def.415a
; ὄρνις(i.e. the Chorus) E.IT1095(lyr.); of arrows, Hdt.7.92.2 of young birds, unfledged, callow,ἄ. ὠδὶν τέκνων E.HF1039
, cf. Pl.Phdr.256d.III (ἀ-, = sm?ἄπτεροςX-) ἄ. τάχος of great speed, Trag.Adesp.429; cf. ἄπτερα· ἰσόπτερα, ταχέα, ἡδέα, Hsch. Adv.-ρως Lyc.627
(ὁμοπτέρως, ταχέως, Sch.).
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