"πτύον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πτύον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ptý.on/, /ˈpty.on/, /ˈpti.on/, /ptý.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpty.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpty.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpty.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpti.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Stem with πτ- instead of π- (as in πτόλεμος (ptólemos) - πόλεμος (pólemos, “war”), πτόλις (ptólis) - πόλις (pólis, “city”). From Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with pūrus. Unrelated to πτύω (ptúō, “spit”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{lang|grc|πτ-}} πτ-, {{lang|grc|π-}} π-, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*pewH-||to cleanse, purify}} Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πτῠ́ου|n|second|head=πτῠ́ον}} πτῠ́ον • (ptŭ́on) n (genitive πτῠ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πτῠ́ον|ου}} Forms: πτῠ́ον [canonical], ptŭ́on [romanization], πτῠ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ πτῠ́ον [nominative, singular], τὼ πτῠ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ πτῠ́ᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ πτῠ́ου [genitive, singular], τοῖν πτῠ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πτῠ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ πτῠ́ῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν πτῠ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πτῠ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ πτῠ́ον [accusative, singular], τὼ πτῠ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ πτῠ́ᾰ [accusative, plural], πτῠ́ον [singular, vocative], πτῠ́ω [dual, vocative], πτῠ́ᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. a winnowing shovel or fan Categories (topical): Tools, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-πτύον-grc-noun-SnAfDbmu Disambiguation of Tools: 79 21 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 95 5 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (in Cyprus) a corn-measure; hence δίπτυον (díptuon, “half a μέδινος”)
    Sense id: en-πτύον-grc-noun-wwxD9Cry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πτέον (ptéon) (english: later attic accusative) [Attic] Derived forms: πτυάριον (ptuárion)
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      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.on/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ptý.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "πτέον"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "roman": "tôn ptŭ́ōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πτῠ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi ptŭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖν πτῠ́οιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.588"
        },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ptý.on/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpty.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpti.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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    {
      "english": "later attic accusative",
      "roman": "ptéon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "πτέον"
    }
  ],
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}

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