1. πτήσσω · ptēssō — Chantraine
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The corpus record
πτήσσω
ptesso
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Distribution
- Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
- Heracles 2 · 2.56/10k
- Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
- Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πτήσσω · ptēssō — Frisk
(ion
3. πτήσσω · ptēssō — LSJ
scare, alarm
Attestations
- πτῆξε · ptēxe Iliad 14.40
- ἔπτηξαν · eptēxan Odyssey 8.190
- πτήξας · ptēxas Aeschylus, Persians 209
- πτήξας · ptēxas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 173–179
- πτήξειαν · ptēxeian Sophocles, Ajax 169–171
- ἔπτηξα · eptēxa Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1466
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 965; entry #6819 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1585-1586; entry #4865 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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