COMPOUND: ἄπτερος, –ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘without wings, unwinged‘
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + πτερ-όν, τό mostly in pl., ‘feathers, wings’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Od. XVII, 57; XIX, 29; XXI, 386; XXII, 398
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – bahuvrῑhi
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