ου, ὀ, a name of certain sacred officers in Egypt, so called from the hawk΄s wing worn on their heads, nom. pl. -φόραι OGI 56.4 (Canopus, iii BC), 90.7 (Rosetta, ii BC); also -φόροι, Hsch. ; cf. πτεροφόρος III, and πτεραφόρος. dat. sg. -φόρᾳ χιλιάρχῳ, perh. name of a military rank, or = πτεροφόρος II, Men. Pk. 104, cf. Hsch. s.v. πτεροφόροι.