1. πτῦω · ptyō — Beekes
to spew, spit
The corpus record
πτύω
ptuo
to spew, spit
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Antigone 2 · 2.73/10k
- Mark 2 · 1.82/10k
- John 1 · 0.65/10k
- Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
- Cyropaedia 4 · 0.51/10k
- Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. πτύω · ptyō — Chantraine
Hom
3. πτύω · ptyō — Frisk
Ο17 artig’ (Arist
4. πτύω · ptyō — Frisk
Aor
5. πτύω · ptyō — LSJ
spit out, up, spit
Attestations
- πτύοντα · ptyonta Iliad 23.697
- πτύειν · ptyein Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.17.9 (DIORISIS sentence 115)
- πτύειν · ptyein Herodotus, Histories 1.99.1 (DIORISIS sentence 729)
- πτύσας · ptysas Sophocles, Antigone 653–654
- πτύσας · ptysas Sophocles, Antigone 1231–1232
- πτύειν · ptyein Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.2.16 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 1303; entry #5218 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 968; entry #6832
Review: Under source audit
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- scan pp. 1589-1590; entry #4875 Review: Under source audit
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