Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pteruge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pteruge
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flexible feather-like strip of material at the edge of body or head armour, particularly used in Greco-Roman times, such as the flaps of a linothorax or the strips hanging from a Roman legionary's belt.

Example Sentences

"In Metope VI a mounted officer, probably the Emperor Trajan himself, wears a lorica squamata of very small scales with a double skirt of pteruges and a cingulum about the waist."
"Under this come three fragments with vertical pteruges that are rectangular with rounded lower ends, and another fragment with pteruges angled up to the right, which perhaps form a swirl at the left hip."
"Internal leather straps also fasten the eighteen pteruges, which are arranged in two overlapping rows. Each pteruge, which expands slightly at the end, is constructed of a leather backing superimposed with a steel border with a boxed edge and a raised row of leaves pointing inward, the center filled with riveted mail."

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “feather”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πτέρυξ

Inflected Forms

pteruges (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lappet

Questions

What does pteruge mean?: A flexible feather-like strip of material at the edge of body or head armour, particularly used in Greco-Roman times, such as the flaps of a linothorax or the strips hanging from a Roman legionary's belt.
Where does pteruge come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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