A). πέτεαι Anacr. 9 : impf. ἐπετόμην, Ep. πετ- Il. 5.366 , etc.: fut. πετήσομαι Ar. Pax 77 , cf. 1126 (ἀπο-); shortd. πτήσομαι (ἐκ-) Id. V. 208 , and always in early Prose,(ἀνα-) Pl. Lg. 905a , al., Aeschin. 3.209 ,(ἐπι-) Hdt. 7.15 (mostly in compds., but πτήσεσθαι in later Prose, Lib. Or. 2.27 ): aor. ἐπτόμην, inf. πτέσθαι S. OT 17 ; elsewh. in compds.,(ἐπι-) Il. 4.126 ,(ἀν-) Antipho Fr. 58 , etc.; freq. also ἐπτάμην, Il. 13.592 , E. Hel. 18 ,(παρ-) Semon. 13 ,(ἐς-) Hdt. 9.100 ; Ep. 3 sg. πτάτο Il. 23.880 , inf. πτάσθαι (δια-) E. Med. 1 , part. πτάμενος Il. 5.282 , 22.362 , etc. (in codd. of Pl. forms of ἐπτόμην in compds. predominate over those from ἐπτάμην; δι-έπτατο is found in codd. of Ar. V. 1086 , ἐκ-πτόμενος folld. by κατ-έπτατο Id. Av. 788 sq.; ἀν-επτάμαν is prob. in S. Aj. 693 (lyr.), προς-έπτατο ib. 382 ); subj. πτῆται for πτᾶται, Il. 15.170 : also aor. of act. form ἔπτην, ἔπτης, IG 14.2550 , Luc. Trag. 218 , ἔπτη Batr. 208 , Nonn. D. 2.223 , al., Anacreont. 22.3 ; opt. πταίης AP 5.151 ( Mel.); part. πτᾶσα h.Cer. 398 , Hdn.Gr. 1.532 ; elsewh. only in compds.,(δι-) IG 3.1386 ,(ἐξ-) Hes. Op. 98 ,(ἀν-) S. Ant. 1307 , E. Med. 440 ,(προς-) A. Pr. 115 ,(ὑπερ-) S. Ant. 113 (Trag. only in lyr.): pf. πέπτηκα only as a coinage in Choerob. in Theod. 2.79 , elsewh. πεπότημαι (v. ποτάομαι): aor. Pass. ἐπετάσθην Arist. HA 624b6 (εἰς-), LXX Ps. 17(18).10 , Ho. 9.11 (ἐξ-), Sotion p.186 W., D.S. 4.77 (ἐξ-): fut. Pass. πετασθήσομαι LXX Hb. 1.8 .—The only pres. in Hom. and Att. Prose is πέτομαι; πέταμαι is used by Sapph. Supp. 10.8 , Simon. 30 , Pi. P. 8.90 , N. 6.48 , E. Ion 90 (anap.), AP 11.208 ( Lucill.), and in later Prose, as Arist. IA 709b10 , HA 609a14 (περι-), cf. Moer. p.311 P.; noted as archaic by Luc. Pseudol. 29 : aor. imper. πέτασσαι Anacreont. 14.2 ; ἵπταμαι (q. v.) is first found in late writers, Mosch. 3.43 , Babr. 65.4 , etc. (mostly in compds., cf. ἐξίπταμαι; ἀφίπτατο in E. IA 1608 is spurious), and is censured by Luc. Lex. 25 , Sol. 7 :—fly, of birds, Il. 12.207 , 13.62 , Od. 2.147 , etc.; of bees, gnats, etc., Il. 2.89 , Hdt. 2.95 ; of a departing spirit, ψυχὴ ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει Il. 22.362 ; ἐκ μελέων θυμὸς πτάτο 23.880 : metaph., of young children, οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθενοντες S. OT 17 ; also of arrows, javelins, etc., Il. 20.99 , etc.; ὀλοοίτροχος .. ἀναθρῴσκων π. 13.140 (but ἐκ χειρῶν ἔπτατ’ ἐρετμά, τεύχεα fell suddenly .. , Od. 12.203 , 24.534 ); of any quick motion, dart, rush, of men, Il. 13.755 , 22.143 , etc.; of horses, μάστιξεν δ’ ἐλάαν, τὼ δ’ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην 5.366 , cf. 768 , etc.; of chariots, Hes. Sc. 308 ; of dancers, E. Cyc. 71 (lyr.); πέτον fly! i.e. make haste! Ar. Lys. 321 ; ἔχρην πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαι ib. 55 ; πολλοὶ ἥξουσι πετόμενοι Pl. R. 567d , cf. 467d ; πέτονται .. ἐπὶ ταῦτ’ ἄκλητοι, of parasites, Antiph. 229 .

II). metaph. and proverbial usages:—to be on the wing, flutter, of uncertain hopes, ἐξ ἐλπίδος π. Pi. P. 8.90 ; π. ἐλπίσιν S. OT 487 (lyr.); of fickle natures, πέτει τε καὶ φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς E. Ba. 332 ; ἐφ’ ἕτερον π. Ar. Ec. 899 ; ὄρνις πετόμενος a bird ever on the wing, Id. Av. 169 ; πετόμενόν τινα διώκεις 'you are chasing a butterfly', Pl. Euthphr. 4a , cf. Arist. Metaph. 1009b38 ; of fame, fly abroad, πέταται τηλόθεν ὄνυμ’ αὐτῶν Pi. N. 6.48 .

2). c. dat., πτάμενος νοήματι flying in mind, Id. Fr. 122.4 . (Cf. πίπτω, Skt.pátati 'fly', 'fall', Lat. prae-pes, etc.)