petomō

πέτομαι,
2nd pers. singular πέτεαι Refs 6th c.BC+imperfect ἐπετόμην, Epic dialect πετ- Refs 8th c.BC+: future πετήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; shortened πτήσομαι (ἐκ-) Refs 5th c.BC+aorist ἐπτόμην, infinitive πτέσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; elsewhere in compounds, (ἐπι-) Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently also ἐπτάμην, Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular πτάτο Refs 8th c.BC+infinitive πτάσθαι (δια-) Refs 5th c.BC+, participle πτάμενος Refs 8th c.BC+ in compounds predominate over those from ἐπτάμη; δι-έπτατο is found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+ followed by κατ-έπτατο Refs; ἀν-επτάμαν is probably in Refs 5th c.BC+; subjunctive πτῆται for πτᾶται, Refs 8th c.BC+aorist of active form ἔπτην, ἔπτης, Refs 1st c.BC+; participle πτᾶσα Refs; elsewhere only in compounds, (δι-) Refs 8th c.BC+perfect πέπτηκα only as a coinage in Refs 4th c.AD+: aorist passive ἐπετάσθην LXX+4th c.BC+: future passive πετασθήσομαι LXX—The only present in Refs 8th c.BC+; πέταμαι is used by Refs 7th c.BC+, and in later Prose, as Refs 4th c.BC+ P.; noted as archaic by Refs 2nd c.AD+: aorist imperative πέτασσαι Refs; ἵπταμαι (which see) is first found in late writers, Refs 2nd c.BC+ (mostly in compounds, compare ἐξίπταμα; ἀφίπτατο in Refs 5th c.BC+, and is censured by Refs 2nd c.AD+:—fly, of birds, Refs 8th c.BC+; of bees, gnats, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+; of a departing spirit, ψυχὴ ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει Refs 8th c.BC+: metaphorically, of young children, οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθενοντες Refs 5th c.BC+; also of arrows, javelins, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+ fell suddenly.., Refs 8th c.BC+; of any quick motion, dart, rush, of men, Refs 8th c.BC+; of horses, μάστιξεν δ᾽ ἐλάαν, τὼ δ᾽ οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην Refs, etc.; of chariots, Refs 8th c.BC+; of dancers, Refs 5th c.BC+; πέτον fly! i.e. make haste! Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔχρην πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαιRefs 5th c.BC+; πέτονται.. ἐπὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἄκλητοι, of parasites, Refs 4th c.BC+
II metaphorically and proverbial usages:—to be on the wing, flutter, of uncertain hopes, ἐξ ἐλπίδος π. Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἐλπίσιν Refs 5th c.BC+; of fickle natures, πέτει τε καὶ φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐφ᾽ ἕτερον π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄρνις πετόμενος a bird ever on the wing, Refs; πετόμενόν τινα διώκεις 'you are chasing a butterfly', Refs 5th c.BC+; of fame, fly abroad, πέταται τηλόθεν ὄνυμ᾽ αὐτῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with dative, πτάμενος νοήματι flying in mind, Refs, Sanskritpátati 'fly', 'fall', Latin prae-pes, etc.)

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