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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

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

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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