πτύω

A. πτύσομαι Id. Morb. 1.28: aor. ἔπτυσα ib.22, S. Ant. 653, etc.: pf. ἔπτυκα S.E. M. 8.252, Gal. 10.374, 11.281:—Pass., fut. πτυσθήσομαι(ἀνα‐) Id. 9.686, 15.700, (ἐμ‐) Ev.Luc. 18.32: aor. ἐπτύσθην Hp. Morb. 1.28: aor.2 part. πτυέντα Id. Epid. 2.3.4. [υ in pres. and impf.; later Ep. have υ in impf. before a short syll., Nonn. D. 10.171, but mostly in compds., (ἀνα‐) A.R. 2.570, (ἀπο‐) 4.925, (ἐξ‐) Theoc. 24.19; υ always in aor.): —spit out or up, αἷμα Il.l.c., Hp. Art. 49: abs., spit, Hdt. 1.99, X. Cyr. 8.1.42: c. dat., πτύσας προσώπῳ spat in his face, S. Ant. 1232.

2. of the sea, disgorge, cast out, με . . τηλόσ’ ἀπὸ . . ἠϊόνος AP 7.283 (Leon.), cf. Opp. H. 5.596: metaph., στοργὰν ἔπτυσας εἰς ἀνέμους AP 7.468 (Mel.): abs., ἐπ’ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, Theoc. 15.133; ἱστὸς ὄλισθεν εἰς ἅλα πτύσας with a splash, AP 9.290 (Phil.).

b. of fish, spawn, Babr. 6.8.

c. prov., πρὶν πτύσαι 'before you can say Jack Robinson', Men. Pk. 202.

3. metaph., πτύσας with loathing, S. Ant. 653; ἰδεῖν ῥᾷόν ἐστι καὶ πτύσαι Epicr. 3.20.

4. εἰς κόλπον π., to avert a bad omen, disarm magic, etc., which was done three times, ὡς μὴ βασκανθῶ δὲ τρὶς εἰς ἐμὸν ἔπτυσα κόλπον Theoc. 6.39, cf. 20.11; φρίξας εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι Thphr. Char. 16.15, cf. Luc. Nav. 15, etc.; ὑπὸ κόλπον π. AP 12.229 (Strat.).

II. promote the flow of spittle, of certain wines, in Pass., Hp. Vict. 2.52. (Cf. Goth. speiwan 'spit', Lat. spuo, etc.)