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πτίσσω

πτίσσω, to winnow: to peel

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πτίττων Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular of πτίσσω

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πτίσσω, Pherecr. 183, Ar. Fr. 339, Att. πτίττω ib. 271 (prob. l.), Luc. Herm. 79, v.l. in Pherecr. l.c.: aor. ἔπτῐσα Hdt. 2.92:—Pass., aor. ἐπτίσθην Gp. 12.23.2, (περι-) Thphr. HP 4.4.10: pf. ἔπτισμαι Hp. VM 14, Arist. HA 595b10:—
  • winnow grain, Hp. l.c. (Pass.), Pherecr. l.c., etc.; πτισσουσῶν ᾠδή the song of women winnowing, Ar. Fr. 339.
    • II bray in a mortar, τὸ ἐκ μέσου τοῦ λωτοῦ Hdt. l.c., cf. D.L. 9.59, Luc. l.c. (Cf. Lat. pinso, Skt. pináṣṭi ‘pound’.)

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