πτύω, Il. 23.697, etc.: fut. πτύσω [ῠ ] Hp. Prorrh. 2.40; πτύσομαι Id. Morb. 1.28: aor. ἔπτῠσα ib. 22, S. Ant. 653, etc.: pf. ἔπτῠκα S.E. M. 8.252, Gal. 10.374, 11.281: - Pass., fut. πτυσθήσομαι ( ἀνα- ) Id. 9.686, 15.700, ( ἐμ- ) Ev.[Luk 18:32]: aor. ἐπτύσθην Hp. Morb. 1.28: aor.2 part. πτυέντα Id. Epid. 2.3.4 . [ ῡ in pres. and impf.; later Ep. have ῠ in impf. before a short syll., Nonn. D. 10.171, but mostly in compds., ( ἀνα- ) A.R. 2.570, ( ἀπο- ) 4.925, ( ἐξ- ) Theoc. 24.19; ῠ always in aor. ): - spit out or up, αἷμα Il.l.c., Hp. Art. 49: abs., spit, Hdt. 1.99, X. Cyr. 8.1.42: c. dat., πτύσας προσώπῳ spat in his face, S. Ant. 1232 .
2. of the sea, disgorge, cast out, με . . τηλόσ’ ἀπὸ . . ἠϊόνος AP 7.283 ( Leon. ), cf. Opp. H. 5.596: metaph., στοργὰν ἔπτυσας εἰς ἀνέμους AP 7.468 ( Mel. ): abs., ἐπ’ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, Theoc. 15.133; ἱστὸς ὄλισθεν εἰς ἅλα πτύσας with a splash, AP 9.290 ( Phil. ). of fish, spawn, Babr. 6.8 . prov., πρὶν πτύσαι ’before you can say Jack Robinson’, Men. Pk. 202 .
3. metaph., πτύσας with loathing, S. Ant. 653; ἰδεῖν ῥᾷόν ἐστι καὶ πτύσαι Epicr. 3.20 .
4. εἰς κόλπον π ., to avert a bad omen, disarm magic, etc., which was done three times, ὡς μὴ βασκανθῶ δὲ τρὶς εἰς ἐμὸν ἔπτυσα κόλπον Theoc. 6.39, cf. 20.11; φρίξας εἰς κόλπον πτύσαι Thphr. Char. 16.15, cf. Luc. Nav. 15, etc.; ὑπὸ κόλπον π . AP 12.229 ( Strat. ).
II promote the flow of spittle, of certain wines, in Pass., Hp. Vict. 2.52 . (Cf. Goth. speiwan ’spit’, Lat. spuo, etc.)