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πτήσσω
πτήσσω (never πτήν-ττω), Ar. V. 1490 , X. Cyr. 3.3.18 : fut.
A). πτήξω AP 12.141 codd.( Mel.): aor. ἔπτηξα E. HF 974 , etc., Dor. ἔπταξα Pi. P. 4.57 , Ep. πτῆξα Il. 14.40 : aor. 2 ἔπτᾰκον in compd. καταπτακών A. Eu. 252 ; Ep. 3 dual καταπτήτην Il. 8.136 : pf. ἔπτηχα Isoc. 5.58 ,(κατ-) Lycurg. 40 , D. 4.8 ; later ἔπτηκα (κατ-) Them. Or. 24.309b ; Ep. part. πεπτηώς, (v.infr. 11.2 ).
I). Causal, scare, alarm, πτῆξε θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν Il. 14.40 ; ἐχθροὺς πτῆξαι Thgn. 1015 .
II). intr., crouch or cower for fear, of animals, ἅπερ πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι τάχ’ ἂν σιγῇ πτήξειαν ἄφωνοι S. Aj. 171 (anap.); πτήξας δέμας παρεῖχε A. Pers. 209 ;[ πῶλος] π. αἰσχύνῃσιν S. Fr. 659.9 , cf. Ar. Av. 777 ; of human beings, ἔπταξαν ἀκίνητοι σιωπᾷ Pi. P. 4.57 ; ὑπὸ φόβῳ π. E. Ba. 1035 (lyr.); πτῆξαι ταπεινήν Id. Andr. 165 ; π. θυμόν S. OC 1466 (lyr.); κακῶς πάσχων π. Pl. Smp. 184b ; δοκεῖ μοι τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀνδρὸς εἶναι καὶ εὐτυχοῦντα ἐξυβρίσαι καὶ πταίσαντα .. πτῆξαι X. Cyr. 3.1.26 ; ἐκποδὼν π. Ar. Th. 36 : with Preps., π. ἐν μυχοῖς πέτρας E. Cyc. 408 ; εἰς ἕνα χῶρον Ar. Lys. 770 ; πόλις πρὸς πόλιν π. E. Supp. 269 ; βωμὸν ὄρνις ὣς ἔπτηξ’ ὕπο Id. HF 974 : c. acc. loci, βωμὸν π. Id. Ion 1280 .
2). crouch, of men in ambush, νῷν εἰς ἐρημίαν ὁδοῦ Id. Andr. 753 ; ὑπὸ τεύχεσι πεπτηῶτες Od. 14.474 .
3). c. acc. rei, crouch for fear of .., ἀπειλάς A. Pr. 175 (anap.); φοβούμενοι πτήσσομεν αὐτούς X. Cyr. 3.3.18 ; ταῖς διανοίαις μὴ πτήξαντες τὸν τῶν ἐπιόντων φόβον Lycurg. 49 ; δόρυ Lyc. 280 , IG 14.1296 : abs., ὁ λέων .. ὁρώμενος .. οὐδέποτε φεύγει οὐδὲ πτήσσει Arist. HA 629b13 .


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to frighten, scare, alarm

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πτήσσω
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πτήσσω
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πτησσω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πτήσσω</span> (never <span class="orth greek">πτήν-ττω</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1490" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1490/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1490 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.3.18 </a>: fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πτήξω</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 12.141 </span> codd.(<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>): aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔπτηξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:974" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:974/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 974 </a> , etc., Dor. <span class="quote greek">ἔπταξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.57 </a> , Ep. <span class="quote greek">πτῆξα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.40 </a> : aor. 2 <span class="foreign greek">ἔπτᾰκον</span> in compd. <span class="quote greek">καταπτακών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:252" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:252/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 252 </a> ; Ep. 3 dual <span class="quote greek">καταπτήτην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.136 </a> : pf. <span class="quote greek">ἔπτηχα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg020.perseus-grc1:58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 5.58 </a> ,(<span class="etym greek">κατ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 40 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.8 </a>; later <span class="foreign greek">ἔπτηκα </span>(<span class="etym greek">κατ-</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg024:309b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg024:309b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 24.309b </a>; Ep. part. <span class="foreign greek">πεπτηώς, </span> (v.infr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg011:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg011:2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> Causal, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scare, alarm</span>, <span class="quote greek">πτῆξε θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.40 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐχθροὺς πτῆξαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1015 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> intr., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crouch</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cower for fear</span>, of animals, <span class="quote greek">ἅπερ πτηνῶν ἀγέλαι τάχ’ ἂν σιγῇ πτήξειαν ἄφωνοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 171 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">πτήξας δέμας παρεῖχε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 209 </a> ;[ <span class="quote greek">πῶλος] π. αἰσχύνῃσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:659:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:659.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 659.9 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:777" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:777/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 777 </a>; of human beings, <span class="quote greek">ἔπταξαν ἀκίνητοι σιωπᾷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.57 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὑπὸ φόβῳ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1035" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1035/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 1035 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">πτῆξαι ταπεινήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 165 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. θυμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1466" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1466/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1466 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">κακῶς πάσχων π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:184b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:184b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 184b </a>; <span class="quote greek">δοκεῖ μοι τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀνδρὸς εἶναι καὶ εὐτυχοῦντα ἐξυβρίσαι καὶ πταίσαντα .. πτῆξαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:1:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.1.26 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκποδὼν π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 36 </a>: with Preps., <span class="quote greek">π. ἐν μυχοῖς πέτρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:408" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:408/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 408 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς ἕνα χῶρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:770" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:770/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 770 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πόλις πρὸς πόλιν π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:269" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:269/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 269 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βωμὸν ὄρνις ὣς ἔπτηξ’ ὕπο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:974" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:974/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 974 </a> : c. acc. loci, <span class="foreign greek">βωμὸν π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1280" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1280/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1280 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crouch</span>, of men in ambush, <span class="quote greek">νῷν εἰς ἐρημίαν ὁδοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:753" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:753/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 753 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ τεύχεσι πεπτηῶτες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:474" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.474/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.474 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crouch for fear of ..</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀπειλάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 175 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">φοβούμενοι πτήσσομεν αὐτούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:3:3:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 3.3.18 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ταῖς διανοίαις μὴ πτήξαντες τὸν τῶν ἐπιόντων φόβον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0034.tlg001.perseus-grc1:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lycurg.</span> 49 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δόρυ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lyc.</span> 280 </span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1296 </span>: abs., <span class="quote greek">ὁ λέων .. ὁρώμενος .. οὐδέποτε φεύγει οὐδὲ πτήσσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:629b:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:629b.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 629b13 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}