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ἐκπτύω

ekptuo

spit out, cast up, spit

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Where it lives

Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ἐκπτύω · ekptyō — LSJ

spit out, cast up, spit, blab out

spit out, στόματος δʼ ἐξέπτυσεν ἅλμην Od. 5.322, cf. AP l.c.; of the sea, cast up, ib. 6.224 (Theodorid.) : metaph., ὥσπερ χαλινὸν τὸν λόγον Plu. Alex. fort. 2.328c; so, of a ligature, Antyll. ap. Orib. 45.24.7 (Pass.); spit or blab out, ἀπόρρητα Ael. NA 4.44; of an abortion, ib. 12.17 (Pass.).

II spit

spit in token of disgust, Ar. V. 792.

2 spit at, abominate

spit at, abominate, Ep.Gal. 4.14.

In the wild

ἔκπτυσον · ekptyson Epictetus, Discourses 3.12 (DIORISIS sentence 4452)
ἔκπτυσον · ekptyson Epictetus, Enchiridion 47 (DIORISIS sentence 345)
ἐξέπτυσεν · exeptysen Odyssey 5.322
ἐξεπτύσατε · exeptysate New Testament, Galatians 4.13 (DIORISIS sentence 91)

Where it came from

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