πτύον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πτέον (ptéon) — Attic (later attic accusative)

Etymology

Stem with πτ- instead of π- (as in πτόλεμος (ptólemos) - πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”), πτόλις (ptólis) - πόλις (pólis, “city”). From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with pūrus.[1] Unrelated to πτύω (ptúō, “spit”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πτῠ́ον • (ptŭ́on) n (genitive πτῠ́ου); second declension

  1. a winnowing shovel or fan
  2. (in Cyprus) a corn-measure; hence δίπτυον (díptuon, “half a μέδινος”)

Inflection

  • poet. genitive singular: πτυόφιν (ptuóphin)
Second declension of τὸ πτῠ́ον; τοῦ πτῠ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πτῠ́ον
tò ptŭ́on 		τὼ πτῠ́ω
tṑ ptŭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ πτῠ́ᾰ
tằ ptŭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ πτῠ́ου
toû ptŭ́ou 		τοῖν πτῠ́οιν
toîn ptŭ́oin 		τῶν πτῠ́ων
tôn ptŭ́ōn
Dative τῷ πτῠ́ῳ
tōî ptŭ́ōi 		τοῖν πτῠ́οιν
toîn ptŭ́oin 		τοῖς πτῠ́οις
toîs ptŭ́ois
Accusative τὸ πτῠ́ον
tò ptŭ́on 		τὼ πτῠ́ω
tṑ ptŭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ πτῠ́ᾰ
tằ ptŭ́ă
Vocative πτῠ́ον
ptŭ́on 		πτῠ́ω
ptŭ́ō 		πτῠ́ᾰ
ptŭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πτυάριον (ptuárion)

References

  1. ^ s.v. "φτυάρι" - πτύον - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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