πτύαλον
From LSJ
Ἀλλ' ὑπ' ἐλπίδων ἄνδρας τὸ κέρδος πολλάκις διώλεσεν → But the profit-motive has destroyed many people in their hope for gain
English (LSJ)
or πτύελον, τό, (πτύω)
A sputum, saliva, Id.Aph.1.12 (-ελ-), Prog.15 (-ελ-), Acut.66 (-αλ-), al., Arist.HA607a30, GA747a10:—also πτύελος, ὁ, Id.EE1235a38, LXX Jb.7.19, Hsch. s.v. σίαλος.—The forms in πτυαλ- and πτυελ- are found in codd. of Hp. (v. Kuehlewein i p.cvi) and of later writers; in those of Arist. the latter only is found.
