1. πτίλον · ptilon — Beekes
fluff, down, insect wing
The corpus record
πτίλον
ptilon
fluff, down, insect wing
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Acharnians 4 · 5.63/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. πτίλον · ptilon — Chantraine
n
3. πτίλον · ptilon — Frisk
Flaum, Flaumfeder, Daune, Insektenflügel
4. πτίλον · ptilon — LSJ
soft feathers
Attestations
- πτίλα · ptila Herodotus, Histories 2.76.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2081)
- πτίλον · ptilon Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 450)
- πτίλῳ · ptilōi Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 454)
- πτίλον · ptilon Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 455)
- πτίλον · ptilon Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 902)
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1300; entry #5209 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 966; entry #6822 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1586; entry #4866 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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