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πτύον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πτύον πτύου

Structure: πτυ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ptu/w

Sense

  1. a winnowing shovel or fan
  2. (in Cyprus) a corn-measure; hence δίπτυον ‎(díptuon, “half a μέδινος”)

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πτύον πτύω πτύα
Genitive πτύου πτύοιν πτύων
Dative πτύῳ πτύοιν πτύοις
Accusative πτύον πτύω πτύα
Vocative πτύον πτύω πτύα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἇσ ἐπὶ σωρῷ αὖθισ ἐγὼ πάξαιμι μέγα πτύον, ἁ δὲ γελάσσαι δράγματα καὶ μάκωνασ ἐν ἀμφοτέραισιν ἔχοισα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 71)
  • οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνάξει τὸν σῖτον αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὴν ἀποθήκην, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ. (, chapter 1 110:1)
  • οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ διακαθᾶραι τὴν ἅλωνα αὐτοῦ καὶ συναγαγεῖν τὸν σῖτον εἰσ τὴν ἀποθήκην αὐτοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ. (, chapter 3 19:1)

Synonyms

  1. a corn-measure

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