πτερύγιο
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Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion), diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux) (whence Greek πτέρυγα (ptéryga)).
Noun
[edit]πτερύγιο • (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
[edit]Declension of πτερύγιο
References
[edit]- πτερύγιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language