ἐμπτύω
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
A spit into, ἐς ποταμόν Hdt.1.138; εἰς στόμα ἑρπετοῦ Dsc.4.25. II spit upon, εἴς τι Ath. 8.345c; εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον PMagd.24.7 (iii B.C.), Plu.2.189a; ἐς τὸ πρόσωπόν τινος Herod.5.76, LXXNu.12.14, Ev.Matt.26.67; εἴς τινα Ev.Matt.27.30: c. dat., Arist.Fr.347, Ev.Marc.10.24, etc.:—Med., LXX De.25.9:—Pass., to be spat upon, Muson.Fr.10p.52H.
German (Pape)
[Seite 818] (s. πτύω), anspeien, hineinspucken; εἴς τι, Plut.; τινί, N. T u. a. Sp. – Pass., ἐμπτυσθῆναι, Huson. Stob. fl. 19, 16.
