πτύσσω (
ptýssō｜
ptoos'-so｜
verb｜
to fold up)
[Grk]
πτύσσω LN: 79.120 GK: G4771
Derivation: probably akin to
πετάννυμι (to spread;
Strong's: and thus apparently allied to πέτομαι through the idea of expansion, and to 4429 through that of flattening; compare
πατέω); to fold, i.e. furl a scroll
KJV: --close.
See: πέτομαιSee: πατέω πτύσσω (never πτυέλ-ττω ), ( ἀνα- ) S. Fr. 301: fut. πτύξω ( ἀνα- ) E. HF 1256: aor. ἔπτυξα (v. infr.): - Med., Od. 2.77 ( ποτι- ), etc.: fut. πτύξομαι ( προς- ) 3.22: aor. ἐπτυξάμην Ar. Nu. 267: - Pass., Il. 13.134, etc.: aor. ἐπτύχθην ( ἀν-, δι- ) X. Cyr. 7.5.5, S. Ant. 709: aor. 2 ἐπτύγην [ῠ], ( ἀν- ) Hp. Int. 48: pf. ἔπτυγμαι App. BC 4.72, etc., ( ἀν- ) E. El. 357; πέπτυκται Arist. HA 536a11: plpf. ἔπτυκτο ( προς- ) Pi. I. 2.39: - fold, double up, χιτῶνα, εἵματα πτύξαι, fold up garments and put them by, Od. 1.439, 6.111, 252; σπλῆνα Hp. Fract. 8; χεῖρας πτύξαι ἐπί τινι fold one’s arms over or round another, S. OC 1611; βιβλίον fold, close a book, Ev.[Luk 4:20] .
II Pass., of the foetus, Hp. Mul. 1.69; of bandages, Gal. 18(1).826; γραμματεῖα ἐπτυγμένα Hdn. 1.17.1; πύργοι ἐπτ . App. l.c.; ἔγχεα δὲ πτύσσοντο perh. were interlaced, Il. l.c.
2. fold or cling round, χιτὼν . . ἀμφὶ μηρὸν πτύσσεται S. Fr. 872.3 (lyr.).
III Med., fold round oneself, wrap round one, τι Ar. Nu. 267 .
G4428 — πτύσσω
: 1 aorist participle πτύξας; in classical Greek from Homer down; to fold together, roll up: τό βιβλίον, [Luk 4:20] (A. V. closed); see ἀναπτύσσω (and cf. Schlottmann in Riehm under the word Schrift; Strack: in Herzog edition 2 under the word Sehreibkunst, etc. Compare: ἀναπτύσσω.)