πτύσσω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been connected with Sanskrit प्युक्ष्नवेष्टित (pyukṣnaveṣṭita), but the connection is rather tenuous. May also be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πτῠ́σσω (ptússō)

  1. I fold
  2. (passive)
    • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Civil Wars 4.72
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 18.826
    • 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus 1.17.1
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On the Nature of the Woman 1.69
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.134
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 872.3
  3. (middle) I fold myself around, wrap around

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀμφῐπτύσσομαι (amphiptússomai)
  • ἀνᾰπτύσσω (anaptússō)
  • ἀποπτύσσω (apoptússō)
  • δεκάπτῠχος (dekáptukhos)
  • δῐᾰπτύσσω (diaptússō)
  • δίπτῠχος (díptukhos)
  • ἐκπτύσσω (ekptússō)
  • ἑξάπτῠχος (hexáptukhos)
  • ἐπῐπτύσσω (epiptússō)
  • μονόπτῠχος (monóptukhos)
  • περιπτύσσω (periptússō)
  • πολύπτῠχος (polúptukhos)
  • προσπτύσσω (prosptússō)
  • σῠμπτύσσω (sumptússō)
  • τετράπτῠχος (tetráptukhos)
  • τρίπτῠχος (tríptukhos)
  • ὑποπτύσσω (hupoptússō)
  • πτύχιον (ptúkhion)
  • πτύχιος (ptúkhios)
  • πτῠχίς (ptukhís)
  • πτῠχώδης (ptukhṓdēs)

References

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