πτερόω

A. furnish with feathers or wings, τινα Ar. Av. 1334, 1361, Ra. 1437, Pl. R. 467d; for πτεροῦν βυβλίον, v. γλυφίς:—Pass., to be or become feathered, to be fledged, Ar. Av. 804, 1382, 1446 (with a play on signf. 11), Pl. Phdr. 249a, al., Com.Adesp. 172; ἔπος ἐπτερωμένον Ar. Ra. 1388.

b. represent as winged, τὰς Μούσας καὶ τὰς Σειρῆνας Porph. Abst. 3.16.

2. ναῦν π. have the oars spread like wings ready to dip into the water, Plb. 1.46.11 (intr. in pf., ναῦς ἐπτερωκυῖα ib.9), cf. Plu. Ant. 63, Charito 1.9; ταρσῷ κατήρει πίτυλος ἐπτερωμένος E. IT 1346.

II. metaph., set on the wing, excite, Ar. Av. 1446 (v. supr. 1.1):—Pass., to be excited, ἐπὶ τὸν Πυθαγόρου βίον Philostr. VA 1.7; ἐς χορείην Anacreont. 51.4; πρὸς τὴν τοῦ πολέμου ἐπιθυμίαν Luc. Dom. 4; τοῖς ἔξωθεν πλεονεκτήμασιν Jul. Or. 7.235b: abs., Plu. Art. 24.