The reservoir was subsequently identified as flying foxes, bats of the genus Pteropus (Greek
pteron ["wing"] + pous ["foot"]).
The order Strepsiptera consists entirely of obligate parasites of other insects [Strepsiptera: New Latin, from Greek strepsi- = "twisted" and
pteron = "wing"].
Enw sy'n deillio o'r Groeg ydi o: ystyr hemi ydi hanner ac ystyr
pteron ydi adain.
Coleoptero, de acuerdo con el diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Espanola, es un termino de origen griego: koleos (parece ser prestado de lengua mediterranea previa al griego) estuche, funda, vaina; y
pteron: ala.
The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek keleos, meaning "sheath," and
pteron, meaning "wing," thus "sheathed wing." The reason for the name is that most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "elytra," being hardened and thickened into a sheath-like or shell-like protection for the rear pair and for the rear part of the beetle's body.
Lepidopterism (from the Greek lepis: scale and
pteron: wing) is instead referred to pathology from butterflies.
The other finalists in Category A were: Guillaume Campion (Canada) for the composition Arboreal, Lee Fraser (UK) for his
Pteron. Stijn Govaere (Belgium) for the composition Entomon, Konstantinos Karathanasis (Greece) with Violins of Summer, Ricardo Mandolini (Italy) with La danza de las sombras, and Hans Tutschku (Germany) with Klaviersammlung.
Ystyr 'hemi' ydi hanner ac ystyr '
pteron' ydi adain.