spit
From LSJ
ὥστε πλείους ἢ χιλίας ἱεροδούλους ἐκέκτητο ἑταίρας → it owned more than a thousand temple-slaves, courtesans
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
For piercing meat, etc.: V. ὀβελός, ὁ, ἀμφώβολος, ὁ.
little spit: Ar. and P. ὀβελίσκος, ὁ.
tongue of land: P. and V. αὐχήν, ὁ (Xenophon and Euripides, Electra 1288), ἰσθμός, ὁ.
point of rock: V. στόνυξ, ὁ (Euripides, Cyclops 401).
verb transitive
pierce with a spit: Ar. ἀναπείρειν, ἀναπηγνύναι: see pierce.
verb intransitive
spit at: P. καταπτύειν (gen.), διαπτύειν (acc.).
