πτερύγιο
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion), diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux) (whence Greek πτέρυγα (ptéryga)).
Noun
editπτερύγιο • (pterýgio) n (plural πτερύγια)
- fin, flipper (of fish)
- (by extension) mechanical part resembling a fin
- (by extension) blade of a propeller
- (anatomy) auricle (of the ear), pinna
Declension
editDeclension of πτερύγιο
References
edit- “πτερύγιο”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998