πτερυγίζω

πτέρυξ

A. ‐ιῶ Ar. Av. 1466: (πτέρυξ):—flutter with the wings, like young birds trying to fly, ib.795,1466; flap the wings, like a cock crowing, metaph. of a man, Id. Pl. 575; of sea-birds, Thphr. Sign. 28:—in Ar. Eq. 522 the word alludes to the play Ὄρνιθες by Magnes.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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