πτύαλον

πτῠᾰλ-ον or πτύελον, τό, (πτύω)

• sputum, saliva, Hp. Aph. 1.12 (-ελ-), Prog. 15 (-ελ-), Acut. 66 (-αλ-), al., Arist. HA 607a30, GA 747a10:—also πτύελος, ὁ, Id. EE 1235a38, 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.