πτύον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πτύον
πτύου
Structure:
πτυ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- a winnowing shovel or fan
- (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.
- καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. εἰ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆσ πτύων ἐνέπτυσεν εἰσ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ, οὐκ ἐντραπήσεται ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ̣ ἀφορισθήτω ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἔξω τῆσ παρεμβολῆσ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰσελεύσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 12:14)
- σιτουμένην δύστηνον ἀθλίαν φάβα, μέσακτα πλευρὰ πρὸσ πτύοισ πεπλεγμένην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 50 1:3)
- 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)
