winged word
A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorableA word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, in the plural, literary)A word or statement which is very apt for an occasion, or memorable.
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крыла́тое выраже́ниеkrylátoje vyražénije
Translations
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Origin
Calque of Ancient Greek ἔπεα πτερόεντα (épea pteróenta), often used by Homer (said to haveCalque of Ancient Greek ἔπεα πτερόεντα (épea pteróenta), often used by Homer (said to have been born c. 750 B.C.E.), to whom the Iliad and Odyssey are attributed: from ἔπεᾰ (épeă) (plural of ἔπος (épos, “something spoken: song, speech, story”)) + πτερόεντα (pteróenta) (plural of πτερόεις (pteróeis, “feathered; winged”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather; wing”) + -εις (-eis, suffix forming adjectives with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing a quality)).
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