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πτύω to spit out or up, Il.: absol. to spit, Hdt., Xen. of the sea, to disgorge, Anth.:—absol., ἐπʼ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, Theocr.; πτύσας with a splash, Anth. metaph., πτύσας in token of abhorrence or loathing, Soph.; πτύσας προσώπωι with loathing in his face, Soph. εἰς κόλπον πτύειν, Lat. in sinum spuere, done three times to avert a bad omen, Theocr.

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to spit out

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πτύω

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πτυω

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28676

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28709

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ptu/w

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