πτύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΠΤΥΩ *(ts)ptyew- (to spit, vomit). Akin to Latin spuō, Albanian pështyj, Old English spīwan (English spew), Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).[1] Compare English ptui (spitting onomatopeia).

Pronunciation

Verb

πτῡ́ω (ptū́ō)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΠΤΥΩCategory:Ancient Greek verbs#ΠΤΥΩCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΠΤΥΩCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΠΤΥΩCategory:Pages with entries#ΠΤΥΩCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΠΤΥΩ

  1. to spit out or up
  2. (of the sea) to disgorge

Category:Requests for attention concerning Ancient Greek#ΠΤΥΩCategory:attention lacking explanation#ΠΤΥΩ

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πτῡ́ω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1252

Further reading

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