Quick Definition
πτέρυξ, υγος, ἡ n.f. a wing
Strong's Definition
from a derivative of 4072 (meaning a feather); a wing
KJV Usage: wing
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -υγος | πτερύγιον
8.29 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body
wing a wing of any flying creature In REV 9:9, in which the apocalyptic locusts are mentioned, the expression ἡ φωνὴ τῶν πτερύγων may require a distinct term for ‘wings,’ since the wings of insects may be referred to by terms different from those employed in speaking of the wings of birds.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτέρυξ, -vyos, ἡ, (πτερόν a wing), fr. Hom. down, Sept. often for 433; a wing: of birds, Mt. xxiii. 37; Lk. xiii. 34; Rev. xii. 14; of imaginary creatures, Rev. iv. 8; ix. 9.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτέρυξ pteryx 5x
a wing, pinion, Mt. 23:37; Lk. 13:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτέρυξ, -υγος, ἡ
(< πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף;]
a wing: of birds, Mt 23:37, Lk 13:34, Re 12:14; of creatures seen in a vision, Re 4:8 9:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτέρυξ, “‘wing,” is found several times in an oracle of iv/ili B.C., Syl 801 (= *1167)!, dealing with the auspices drawn from the flight of birds —iv ἐπάρει τὴν εὐώνυμον (δεξιὴν) πτέρυγα. In a food-account, P Oxy IV. 73818 (c. a.p. 1), the editors translate πτέρυγες B, ““2 snipe (ὃ). MGr φτερούγα. For πτερόω in late Greek of spreading the oars or sails of a ship like wings, cf. Psaltes Gr. p. 323. , πτηγός, “winged.” For τὰ πτηνά used substantively, ‘‘ winged creatures,” “‘ birds,” as in 1 Cor 15%, cf. Aristeas 145, 146, 147.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πτέρυξ (pterux) — wing. πτέρυξ (πτερύξ [Refs 3rd c.BC+], ῠγος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural πτερύγεσσι: (πτερόν):—wing of a bird, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν.. ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων white in its plumage, save.. the tips of the wings, of the ibis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Eros and Nike, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 'trying your wings', [Refs 4th c.AD+]
2. winged creature, bird, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
3. flight, augury, omen, ποίων (i.e. ὀρνίχων) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. anything like a wing,
II.1. in plural,= πτερύγια, fins of fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; flippers of seals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of dolphins and whales, [Refs]; of the tortoise, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. plural, feathery foliage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. b ={ἄσπληνος}[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. blade of the steering-paddle, [Refs]: hence, rudder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑξήρετμοι π., of oars, [Refs]
II.4. flap of a cuirass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Doric dialect χιτών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. broad edge of a knife or hunting-spear, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; beak of the sword-fish (variant{ῥύγχος}), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.6. lobe of the lungs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.7. point of a building, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.8. front frame of a torsion-engine, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.9. shoulder-blade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.10. in plural, title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.11. plural, sails, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. anything that covers or protects like wings, π. πέπλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κολπώδη πτέρυγ᾽ Εὐβοίας, i.e. Aulis, [Refs]; of a mountain, Λιβάνου πτέρυγες [Refs 5th c.AD+]
III.2. fence, wall, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
IV. metaphorically, πτέρυγες γόων the wings, i.e. the flight or flow, of grief, [Refs 5th c.BC+]