πετάννυμι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=and πεταννύω (ἀνα-) ; later πετάω (ἀνα-) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cal.</span>21</span> ; poet. πίτνημι (q.v.): fut. [[πετάσω]] ([[ἐκ]]-) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1135</span> (lyr.); Att. [[πετῶ]] ([[ἀνα]]-) <span class="bibl">Men.26</span>,<span class="bibl">458</span>: aor. [[ἐπέτᾰσα]] (κατ-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>731</span>, etc.; Ep. <b class="b3">πέτασα, πέτασσα</b>, Hom. (v. infr.): pf. [[πεπέτακα]] (δια-) <span class="bibl">D.S.17.115</span> :—Med., Ep. aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πετάσαντο <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>2.704</span>:—Pass., aor. [[ἐπετάσθην]], Ep. <b class="b3">πετ-</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.50</span>, (ἐκ-) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>497</span> (lyr.): pf. πέπταμαι Hom. (v. infr.), [[πεπέτασμαι]] ([[ἐκ]]-) Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.62</span>, (παρα-) <span class="bibl">Plb.33.5.2</span>, (ἀνα-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>111c</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Gall.</span> 29</span> : plpf. [[ἐπέπτατο]], Ep. πέπτ- <span class="bibl">Il.17.371</span> : forms prop. belonging to [[πέτομαι]] are ἀνα-πτάς Zenod. in <span class="bibl">Il.1.351</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀνα-πτάμεναι</b> (for <b class="b3">-πεπτάμεναι</b>) πύλαι <span class="bibl">Parm.1.18</span> ; conversely [[πετασθέντα]] in signf. [[fly]], <span class="bibl">Sotion p.186</span> W.—The simple Verb is rare exc. in aor. Act. and Pass., and pf. Pass.; cf. ἀνα-, <b class="b3">δια-, κατα-, περι-πετάννυμι</b> :—[[spread out]], οὔρῳ πέτασ' ἱστία <span class="bibl">Od.5.269</span> ; [εἵματα] πέτασαν παρὰ θῖνα <span class="bibl">6.94</span> ; <b class="b3">χεῖρε πετάσσας</b>, of one swimming, <span class="bibl">5.374</span> ; ἄμφω χεῖρε φίλοις ἑτάροισι πετάσσας <span class="bibl">Il. 4.523</span>, <span class="bibl">13.549</span> : abs., [[πετάσας]] [[opening his doors]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.16.6</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">θυμὸν πετάσαι</b> '[[flutter]]', [[elate]] one's heart, <span class="bibl">Od.18.160</span> :—Pass., mostly pf., to [[be spread on all sides]], ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλοι πέπτανται <span class="bibl">Il.5.195</span> ; αἴθρη πέπταται ἀνέφελος <span class="bibl">Od.6.45</span> ; πέπτατο δ' αὐγὴ Ἡελίου <span class="bibl">Il.17.371</span> ; part., [[spread wide]], [[opened wide]], of folding doors, πεπταμέναι πύλαι <span class="bibl">21.531</span> ; also <b class="b3">πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">538</span> ; θύρετρα… πετάσθησαν <span class="bibl">Od. 21.50</span> ; later κῶας πεπταμένον <span class="bibl">A.R.2.405</span> ; <b class="b3">πεπτ. πέλαγος</b> the [[open]] sea, <span class="bibl">Arat.288</span> ; <b class="b3">ὄστρεον χείλεσι πεπτ</b>. <span class="title">AP</span>9.86 (Antiphil.); πεπταμέναι περὶ τέκνα μέγα κλαίουσι γυναῖκες <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.106</span> ; also <b class="b3">ὡς ἄνεμος ἐπετάσθη</b> [[was scattered abroad]], [[dispersed]], of death, <span class="title">Riv.Fil.</span>57.380 (Crete). (Cf. Lat. [[pateo]], OE. [[fæpm]] 'fathom'.)</span>