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|Definition=ἡ (nom. only Gramm., Hdn.Gr.1.396, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]), dat.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πτῠχί Il. 20.22: pl. [[πτύχες]], [[πτύχας]], 7.247, al., Hes.''Sc.''143, etc.: after Hom. πτῠχή, ῆς, which prevails in Pi. (v. infr. 11) and Trag.; the metre requires acc. sg. [[πτύχα]] in E.''Supp.''979 (lyr.), but acc. pl. [[πτυχάς]] in S.''Fr.''144; in other places either [[πτύχας]] or [[πτυχάς]] will suit the metre:—poet. word, [[layer]], [[plate]], mostly in plural, <b class="b3">σάκεος πτύχες</b> [[plates]] of metal or leather, in strong shields, Il.18.481, cf. 7.247, 20.269, Hes.''Sc.''143.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fold]] (i.e. [[folded piece]]) of a garment, in plural, first in ''h.Cer.''176, then in S.''Fr.''494, E.''Supp.''979 (lyr.); of the entrails, <b class="b3">κατὰ σπλάγχνων πτυχάς</b> ib.212; εἰς τὰς πτυχάς Arist.''HA''549a17; [[coats]] of the stomach, Gal.2.556; [[layers]] of muscles, Id.18(2).944.<br><span class="bld">3</span> writing [[tablets]], ἐν πτυχαῖς βίβλων κατεσφραγισμένα A.''Supp.''947; γραμμάτων πτυχὰς ἔχων S.''Fr.''144; ἐν δέλτου πτυχαῖς E.''IA''98, cf. ''IG''9 (1).880.10 (Corc.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> in hilly country, [[folds]], [[glens]], κατὰ πτύχας Οὐλύμποιο Il.11.77; <b class="b3">πτύχες ἠνεμόεσσαι</b> (from the wind that rushes down narrow mountain-clefts), Od.19.432; also in sg., <b class="b3">πτυχὶ Οὐλύμποιο, Παρνησοῖο</b>, Il.20.22, ''h.Ap.''269, ''h.Merc.''555; <b class="b3">πτυχαὶ Κρισαῖαι, Πίνδου, Πέλοπος</b>, Pi.''P.''6.18,9.15, ''N.''2.21; ἐν Κιθαιρῶνος πτυχαῖς S.''OT'' 1026, cf. E.''Supp.''757, ''Ba.''62, ''Andr.''1277; Αὐλίδος κατὰ πτυχάς Id.''IT''1082, cf. 9: also of the sky, <b class="b3">πτυχαὶ αἰθέρος, οὐρανοῦ</b>, Id.''Or.''1631, ''Hel.''44, ''Ph.''84: sg., μέχρις οὐρανοῦ πτυχός Ezek.''Exag.''69.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ὕμνων πτυχαί</b> [[folds]] of song, i.e. sinuous songs, Pi.''O.''1.105.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> acc. pl. [[πτυχάς]] or [[πτύχας]] [[leaves]] of a folding door, metaph., <b class="b3">ὁ κλείσας οὐρανοῦ δισσὰς π.</b> ''PMag.Par.''1.190; nom. [[πτύχες]], = [[θύραι]], [[σανίδες]], Poll.10.24.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[πτυχή]], ἡ, the part of a ship on which her name was inscribed, Sch.A.R.1.1089; cf. [[πτυχίς]].