pteruge means 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. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “feather”).
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.“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.”