πτυάς
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ, (πτύω)
A spitter, a kind of asp, Hierocl.p.11 A., Gal. 14.235, Philum.Ven.16, interpol. in Porph.Abst.3.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 811] άδος, ἡ, die Spuckende; eine Schlangenart, Sp. Vgl. Schneider zu Ael. H. A. 6, 38.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πτυάς: -άδος, ἡ, (πτύω) εἶδος σφόδρα δηλητηριώδους ἀσπίδος, ἥτις ἐπανατείνουσα τὸν τράχηλον ἐμπτύει τὸν ἰὸν εὐστόχως εἰς πᾶν σῶμα ζῴου ἢ ἀνθρώπου, Πορφύρ. περὶ Ἀποχ. Ἐμψύχ. 3. 9, Γαλην. τ. 13, 940, Παῦλ. Αἰγ. 5, 19.
