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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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|strgr=from [[πτύω]]; a winnowing-[[fork]] (as scattering [[like]] [[spittle]]): [[fan]].
|strgr=from [[πτύω]]; a winnowing-[[fork]] (as scattering [[like]] [[spittle]]): [[fan]].
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|txtha=πτυου, τό, [[frequent]] in classical Greek from [[Homer]] [[down]], Attic πτεον Winer s Grammar, 24 ([[perhaps]] from the [[root]], pu, 'to [[cleanse]]'; cf. [[Curtius]], p. 498f)), a winnowing-[[shovel]] (A. V. [[fan]]; cf. B. D. [[under]] the [[word]] Smith's Bible Dictionary, Agriculture, at the [[end]]; Rich, Dict. of Antiq., [[see]] [[under]] the words, ventilabrum, pala 2, vannus): Luke 3:17.
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Transliteration A: ptýon Transliteration B: ptyon Transliteration C: ptyon Beta Code: ptu/on

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], τό,

   A winnowing-shovel, fan, Il.13.588 (in poet. gen. πτυόφιν), A.Fr.210, S.Fr.1084, Theoc.7.156, Porph.Antr.35:—πτέον is Att. acc. to Ael. Dion.Fr.288, Poll.1.245, etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 811] τό, die Wurfschaufel, mit der das ausgedroschene Getreide auf der Tenne in die Höhe geworfen wurde, um es von der Spreu zu reinigen, ὅτ' ἀπὸ πλατέος πτυόφιν μεγάλην κατ' ἀλωὴν θρώσκωσιν κύαμοι, Il. 13, 588, vgl. 5, 500; πρὸς πτύοις πεπλεγμένην, Aesch. frg. 192; Soph. frg. 931; Sp. πτέον; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 321. – Auch ein Getreidemaaß; davon δίπτυον, bei den Cypriern der halbe Medimnos, Hesych.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πτύον: τό, (πτύω) πτυάριον χρήσιμον εἰς λίκμησιν, Λατ. vannus δι’ οὗ ὁ σῖτος κατὰ τὸ ἁλώνισμα λικμίζεται, Ἰλ. Ν. 588 (ἐν τῇ ποιητ. γεν. πτυόφιν), Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 208, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 930, Θεόκρ. 7. 156· πρβλ. λικμός, λικμάω· - μνημονεύεται καὶ ὁ τύπος πτέον ὡς Ἀττικός, Αἴλ. Διον. παρ’ Εὐστ. 948. 19, πρβλ. Λοβέκ. εἰς Φρύνιχ. 321. - Ἐκ τοῦ πτύον ἐγένετο τὸ δίπτυον, «δίπτυον· Κύπριοι μέτρον, οἱ δὲ τὸ ἡμιμέδιμνον» Ἡσύχ. ἐν λ. δίπτυον.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τὸ) ; gén.-dat. épq. πτυόφιν;
pelle à vanner ; van.
Étymologie: DELG étym. hypoth. cf. lat. purus, la pelle à vanner servant aussi à nettoyer le grain.

English (Autenrieth)

gen. πτυόφιν: winnowing shovel or fan, used to throw up grain and chaff against the wind, Il. 13.588†.

English (Strong)

from πτύω; a winnowing-fork (as scattering like spittle): fan.

English (Thayer)

πτυου, τό, frequent in classical Greek from Homer down, Attic πτεον Winer s Grammar, 24 (perhaps from the root, pu, 'to cleanse'; cf. Curtius, p. 498f)), a winnowing-shovel (A. V. fan; cf. B. D. under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Agriculture, at the end; Rich, Dict. of Antiq., see under the words, ventilabrum, pala 2, vannus): Luke 3:17.