πέτομαι,
2 sg. πέτεαι Anacr. 9: impf. ἐπετόμην, Ep. πετ - Il. 5.366, etc.: fut. πετήσομαι Ar. Pax 77, cf. 1126 ( ἀπο -); shortd. πτήσομαι ( ἐκ -) Id. V. 208, and always in early Prose, ( ἀνα -) Pl. Lg. 905a, al., Aeschin. 3.209, ( ἐπι -) Hdt. 7.15 (mostly in compds., but πτήσεσθαι in later Prose, Lib. Or. 2.27 ): aor. ἐπτόμην, inf. πτέσθαι S. OT 17; elsewh. in compds., ( ἐπι -) Il. 4.126, ( ἀν -) Antipho Fr. 58, etc.; freq. also ἐπτάμην, Il. 13.592, E. Hel. 18, ( παρ -) Semon. 13, ( ἐς -) Hdt. 9.100; [Eph 3:1-21] sg. πτάτο Il. 23.880, inf. πτάσθαι ( δια -) E. Med. 1, part. πτάμενος Il. 5.282, 22.362, etc. (in codd. of Pl. forms of ἐπτόμην in compds. predominate over those from ἐπτάμην; δι-έπτατο is found in codd. of Ar. V. 1086, ἐκ-πτόμενος folld. by κατ-έπτατο Id. Av. 788 sq.; ἀν-επτάμαν is prob. in S. Aj. 693 (lyr.), προς-έπτατο ib. 382 ); subj. πτῆται for πτᾶται, Il. 15.170: also aor. of act. form ἔπτην, ἔπτης, IG 14.2550, Luc. Trag. 218, ἔπτη Batr. 208, Nonn. D. 2.223, al., Anacreont. 22.3; opt. πταίης AP 5.151 ( Mel. ); part. πτᾶσα h.Cer. 398, Hdn.Gr. 1.532; elsewh. only in compds., ( δι -) IG 3.1386, ( ἐξ -) Hes. Op. 98, ( ἀν -) S. Ant. 1307, E. Med. 440, ( προς -) A. Pr. 115, ( ὑπερ -) S. Ant. 113 (Trag. only in lyr.): pf. πέπτηκα only as a coinage in Choerob. in Theod. 2.79, elsewh. πεπότημαι (v. ποτάομαι ): aor. Pass. ἐπετάσθην Arist. HA 624b6 ( εἰς -), LXX [Psa 17:1-15](18).10, [Hos 9:11] ( ἐξ -), Sotion p.186 W., D.S. 4.77 ( ἐξ -): fut. Pass. πετασθήσομαι LXX [Hab 1:8] . - The only pres. in Hom. and Att. Prose is πέτομαι; πέταμαι is used by Sapph. Supp. 10.8, Simon. 30, Pi. P. 8.90, N. 6.48, E. Ion 90 (anap.), AP 11.208 ( Lucill. ), and in later Prose, as Arist. IA 709b10, HA 609a14 ( περι -), cf. Moer. p.311 P.; noted as archaic by Luc. Pseudol. 29: aor. imper. πέτασσαι Anacreont. 14.2; ἵπταμαι (q. v.) is first found in late writers, Mosch. 3.43, Babr. 65.4, etc. (mostly in compds., cf. ἐξίπταμαι; ἀφίπτατο in E. IA 1608 is spurious), and is censured by Luc. Lex. 25, [Son 7:1-13]: - fly, of birds, Il. 12.207, 13.62, Od. 2.147, etc.; of bees, gnats, etc., Il. 2.89, Hdt. 2.95; of a departing spirit, ψυχὴ ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει Il. 22.362; ἐκ μελέων θυμὸς πτάτο 23.880: metaph., of young children, οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθενοντες S. OT 17; also of arrows, javelins, etc., Il. 20.99, etc.; ὀλοοίτροχος . . ἀναθρῴσκων π . 13.140 (but ἐκ χειρῶν ἔπτατ’ ἐρετμά, τεύχεα fell suddenly . ., Od. 12.203, 24.534 ); of any quick motion, dart, rush, of men, Il. 13.755, 22.143, etc.; of horses, μάστιξεν δ’ ἐλάαν, τὼ δ’ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην 5.366, cf. 768, etc.; of chariots, Hes. Sc. 308; of dancers, E. Cyc. 71 (lyr.); πέτον fly! i.e. make haste! Ar. Lys. 321; ἔχρην πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαι ib. 55; πολλοὶ ἥξουσι πετόμενοι Pl. R. 567d, cf. 467d; πέτονται . . ἐπὶ ταῦτ’ ἄκλητοι, of parasites, Antiph. 229 .
II metaph. and proverbial usages: - to be on the wing, flutter, of uncertain hopes, ἐξ ἐλπίδος π . Pi. P. 8.90; π. ἐλπίσιν S. OT 487 (lyr.); of fickle natures, πέτει τε καὶ φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς E. Ba. 332; ἐφ’ ἕτερον π . Ar. Ec. 899; ὄρνις πετόμενος a bird ever on the wing, Id. Av. 169; πετόμενόν τινα διώκεις ’you are chasing a butterfly’, Pl. Euthphr. 4a, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1009b38; of fame, fly abroad, πέταται τηλόθεν ὄνυμ’ αὐτῶν Pi. N. 6.48 .
2. c. dat., πτάμενος νοήματι flying in mind, Id. Fr. 122.4 . (Cf. πίπτω, Skt. pátati ’fly’, ’fall’, Lat. prae-pes, etc.)
πετάομαι, false form for ποτάομαι, f.l. in Arist. Metaph. 1009b38, Str. 16.4.11, AP 14.63 ( Mesom. ): - also in Act., ὅ τι πετᾷ Cat.Cod. Astr. 8(1).249 .
ποτάομαι, poet. Frequentat. of πέτομαι, Ep. also ποτέομαι (imper. ποτεῦ Call. Fr. 1.50P. ) (v. infr.), also Alc. 43; Aeol. 2 sg. πότῃ Sapph. 41 (dub.); Dor. 3 sg. ποτῆται Alcm. 26.3; Aeol. part. ποτήμενος Theoc. 29.30: fut. ποτήσομαι Mosch. 2.145 (s.v.l.): aor. ἐποτήθην, Dor. -άθην [ᾱ ] S. Fr. 476 ( ἀμ-, lyr.): pf. πεπότημαι, Dor. -ᾱμαι in lyr. passages of Trag., A. Pers. 668, Eu. 378, E. Hipp. 564: - fly hither and thither, ὀρνίθων ἔθνεα . . ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα ποτῶνται Il. 2.462; νυκτερίδες . . τρίζουσαι ποτέονται Od. 24.7; κεραυνοὶ . . ποτέοντο Hes. Th. 691; ποτώμεναι ἄλλοτε ἄλλῃ h.Merc. 558; in Trag. also simply = πέτομαι, fly, A. Ag. 576, etc.; τὰ ποτήμενα συλλαβῆν Theoc. l. c.; of sounds, [ βοὰ] π. A. Th. 84 (lyr.); ἐκ στομάτων π. εὐχά Id. Supp. 657 (lyr.): pf. (with pres. sense), to be upon the wing, ψυχὴ δ’ . . ἀποπταμένη πεπότηται Od. 11.222; [ μέλισσαι] αἱ μέν τ’ ἔνθα . . πεποτήαται, αἱ δέ τε ἔνθα Il. 2.90; Ἔρις πεπότητο Hes. Sc. 148 .
2. metaph., δεῖμα προστατήριον καρδίας . . ποτᾶται hovers, A. Ag. 977 (lyr.), cf. Ch. 390 (lyr.); τοῖον ἐπὶ κνέφας ἀνδρὶ . . π. Id. Eu. 378 (lyr.), cf. Pers. 668 (lyr.); to be fluttered, ἐπὶ τραγῳδίᾳ ἀνεπτερῶσθαι καὶ πεποτῆσθαι τὰς φρένας Ar. Av. 1445, cf. Nu. 319 .