πτύελον

A. sputum, saliva, Id. Aph. 1.12 (‐ελ‐), Prog. 15 (‐ελ‐), Acut. 66 (‐αλ‐), al., Arist. HA 607a30, GA 747a10:—also πτύελος, ὁ, Id. EE 1235a38, LXX Jb. 7.19, Hsch. s.v. σίαλος.—The forms in πτυαλ‐ and πτυελ‐ are found in codd. of Hp. (v. Kuehlewein i p.cvi) and of later writers; in those of Arist. the latter only is found.