πετήσομαι

πέτομαι

fly: fut ind mid 1st sg

πετάομαι

Cat.Cod. Astr.

aor subj mp 1st sg (attic epic ionic)

πετάομαι

Cat.Cod. Astr.

fut ind mp 1st sg (attic ionic)

πετάω

fly: aor subj mid 1st sg (attic epic ionic)

πετάω

fly: fut ind mid 1st sg (attic ionic)

πέτομαι, [ per.] 2sg.

A

πέτεαι Anacr.9

: [tense] impf. ἐπετόμην, [dialect] Ep. πετ- Il.5.366, etc.: [tense] fut.

πετήσομαι Ar. Pax77

, cf. 1126 ( ἀπο-); shortd. πτήσομαι (ἐκ-) Id.V. 208, and always in early Prose, ( ἀνα-) Pl.Lg. 905a, al., Aeschin.3.209, ( ἐπι-) Hdt.7.15 (mostly in compds., but πτήσεσθαι in later Prose, Lib.Or.2.27): [tense] aor. ἐπτόμην, inf.

πτέσθαι S.OT17

; elsewh. in compds., ( ἐπι-) Il.4.126, (ἀν-) Antipho Fr.58, etc.; freq. also ἐπτάμην, Il.13.592, E.Hel.18, ( παρ-) Semon.13, (ἐς-) Hdt.9.100; [dialect] Ep. [ per.] 3sg.

πτάτο Il.23.880

, inf. πτάσθαι ( δια-) E.Med.1, part.

πτάμενος Il.5.282

, 22.362, etc. (in codd. of Pl. forms of ἐπτόμην in compds. predominate over those from ἐπτάμην; δι-έπτατο is found in codd. of Ar. V. 1086, ἐκ-πτόμενος folld. by

κατ-έπτατο Id.Av. 788

sq.; ἀν-επτάμαν is prob. in S.Aj. 693 (lyr.), προς-έπτατο ib. 382); subj. πτῆται for πτᾶται, Il.15.170: also [tense] aor. of act. form ἔπτην, ἔπτης, IG14.2550, Luc. Trag.218,

ἔπτη Batr.208

, Nonn.D.2.223, al., Anacreont.22.3 ; opt.

πταίης AP5.151

(Mel.); part.

πτᾶσα h.Cer. 398

, Hdn.Gr.1.532; elsewh. only in compds., (δι-) IG3.1386, (ἐξ-) Hes.Op.98, (ἀν-) S.Ant. 1307, E.Med. 440, ( προς-) A.Pr. 115, ( ὑπερ-) S.Ant. 113 (Trag. only in lyr.): [tense] pf. πέπτηκα only as a coinage in Choerob. in Theod.2.79, elsewh. πεπότημαι (v. ποτάομαι): [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.

ἐπετάσθην Arist.HA 624b6

( εἰς-), LXX Ps.17(18).10, Ho.9.11 (ἐξ-), Sotion p.186 W., D.S.4.77 (ἐξ-): [tense] fut. [voice] Pass.

πετασθήσομαι LXX Hb.1.8

.—The only [tense] pres. in Hom. and [dialect] Att. Prose is πέτομαι; [full] πέταμαι is used by Sapph.Supp.10.8, Simon. 30, Pi.P.8.90, N.6.48, E. Ion 90 (anap.), AP11.208 (Lucill.), and in later Prose, as Arist.IA 709b10, HA 609a14 ( περι-), cf. Moer.p.311 P.; noted as archaic by Luc.Pseudol.29: [tense] aor. imper.

πέτασσαι Anacreont. 14.2

; [full] ἵπταμαι (q. v.) is first found in late writers, Mosch.3.43, Babr. 65.4, etc. (mostly in compds., cf. ἐξίπταμαι; ἀφίπτατο in E.IA 1608 is spurious), and is censured by Luc.Lex.25, Sol.7 :— fly, of birds, Il. 12.207, 13.62, Od.2.147, etc.; of bees, gnats, etc., Il.2.89, Hdt.2.95; of a departing spirit,

ψυχὴ ἐκ ῥεθέων πταμένη Ἄϊδόσδε βεβήκει Il.22.362

;

ἐκ μελέων θυμὸς πτάτο 23.880

: metaph., of young children,

οὐδέπω μακρὰν πτέσθαι σθενοντες S.OT17

; also of arrows, javelins, etc., Il.20.99, etc.; ὀλοοίτροχος.. ἀναθρῴσκων π. 13.140 (but ἐκ χειρῶν ἔπτατ' ἐρετμά, τεύχεα fell suddenly.., Od.12.203, 24.534); of any quick motion, dart, rush, of men, Il.13.755, 22.143, etc.; of horses,

μάστιξεν δ' ἐλάαν, τὼ δ' οὐκ ἀέκοντε πετέσθην 5.366

, cf. 768, etc.; of chariots, Hes.Sc. 308; of dancers, E.Cyc.71 (lyr.); πέτον fly! i.e. make haste! Ar.Lys. 321; ἔχρην πετομένας ἥκειν πάλαι ib.55 ;

πολλοὶ ἥξουσι πετόμενοι Pl.R. 567d

, cf. 467d; πέτονται.. ἐπὶ ταῦτ' ἄκλητοι, of parasites, Antiph.229.

II metaph. and proverbial usages:—to be on the wing, flutter, of uncertain hopes, ἐξ ἐλπίδος π. Pi.P.8.90; π.

ἐλπίσιν S.OT 487

(lyr.); of fickle natures,

πέτει τε καὶ φρονῶν οὐδὲν φρονεῖς E.Ba. 332

; ἐφ' ἕτερον π. Ar.Ec. 899; ὄρνις πετόμενος a bird ever on the wing, Id.Av. 169; πετόμενόν τινα διώκεις 'you are chasing a butterfly', Pl.Euthphr.4a, cf. Arist.Metaph. 1009b38; of fame, fly abroad,

πέταται τηλόθεν ὄνυμ' αὐτῶν Pi.N.6.48

.

2 c. dat., πτάμενος νοήματι flying in mind, Id.Fr.122.4. (Cf. πίπτω, Skt. pátati 'fly', 'fall', Lat. prae-pes, etc.)

ἀποπέτομαι, [tense] fut.

A

- πετήσομαι Ar. Pax 1126

: [tense] aor. ἀπεπτάμην, part. -πτάμενος, inf.

- πτάσθαι Hdt.7.13

: also

ἀπεπτόμην Ar.Av.90

; [tense] aor.2 ἀπέπτην, [ per.] 3pl.

ἀπέπταν Emp.2.4

; inf.

ἀποπτῆναι AP5.211

(Mel.):— fly off or away, esp. of dreams,

ᾤχετ' ἀποπτάμενος Il.2.71

;

ψυχὴ δ' ἠύτ' ὄνειρος ἀποπταμένη πεπότηται Od. 11.222

;

ἀπέπτετο Ar.Av.90

; ἐς τἀπὶ Θρᾴκης ἀποπέτου ib. 1369;

οἴχεται ἀποπτάμενος Pl.Smp. 183e

;

συχνὸν ἀποπτάς Arist.HA 619a32

;

ψυχῆς ἐκ μελέων ἀποπταθείσης IG 9(1).883.6

([place name] Corcyra).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to fly' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. πτάσθαι, πτέσθαι (all Il.); to this pres. πέταμαι (poet. since Sapph., Arist.) with aor. πετασθῆναι (Arist., LXX), ἴπταμαι (late; s. v.); aor. act. πτῆναι, ptc. πτάς etc. (poet. Hes., also hell. prose); fut. πτήσομαι (IA.), πετήσομαι (Ar.), perf. κατ-έπτηκα (Men.).

Compounds: Very often w. prefix, e.g. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, εἰσ-, ἐκ-, κατα-, ὑπερ-. Compounds: a. - πέτης, Dor. - πέτας m.., e.g. ὑψι-πέτης, - ας m. `flying high' (Hom., Pi.), enlarged - ήεις (Hom.); b. - πετής, e.g. ὑπερπετ-ής `flying over' (hell.); c. ἐκπετ-ήσιμος `ready to fly' (Ar. a.o.; hypothesis on the formation in Arbenz 60); d. ἀερσι-πότης and - πότη-τος `flying high' (Hes., AP, Norm.); in spite of Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 95 rather to ποτάομαι as from ποτή.

Derivatives: 1. ποτή f. `flying, flight' (ε 337, h. Merc. 544 [v. l. πτερύγεσσι]); 2. πτῆσις f. `id.' (A., Arist.) with πτήσιμος (Jul.; Arbenz 61); πτῆμα n. `id.' (Suid.). 3. Adj. w. νο-suffix: a. πτηνός, Dor. πτᾱνός `winged, fledged' (Pi., trag., Pl.); b. πετεινός, - ηνός `id.' (Thgn.; Πετήνη Att. shipsname [inscr.]), hardly from *πέτος (cf. Chantraine Form. 196, Benveniste Origines 14), but rather direct from πέτομαι after φαεινός, ὀρεινός a.o.; πετηνός after πτηνός?; c. πετε-ηνός, - εινός `id.' (Il.), w. diektasis (Risch $ 35 d); d. ποτᾱνός `id.' (Pi., Epich., trag. in lyr.; - ηνός ep. poetry in Pl. Phdr. 252 b), prob. rather after ποτάομαι as with Detschew KZ 63, 228 from the rare ποτή. -- 4. Deverbat.: ποτάομαι, - έομαι, also w. ἀμφι-, περι-, ἐκ- a.o., `to fly, to flap' (Il.); πωτάομαι, also w. ἐκ-, ἐπι-, ὑπερ-, `id.' (Μ 287, h. Ap. 442 a.o.; cf. Schwyzer 719 n. 3); to this πωτήεις `flapping' (Nonn.), also πωτήματα pl. `flight' (A. Eu. 250; usu. with Dindorf corrected in ποτ-). -- On πτερόν, πτέρυξ s. vv.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [825] * peth₂- `fly, swoop down, fall'

Etymology: Beside the thematic πέτ-ο-μαι, πτ-έ-σθαι stands the athematic zero grade root-aorist πτά-σθαι, ἔ-πτα-το, πτά-μενος wie φθά-μενος ( φθί-μενος, φθί-σθαι, ἔ-φθι-το). The corresponding full grade in πτῆ-ναι, ἔ-πτᾱ-ν, πτή-σομαι can be old (s. however below). More doubtful is the originality of the disyll. πέτα-μαι, as analogy to πτά-σθαι after πτέ-σθαι: πέτο-μαι may be considered. Certain innovations are ἴπταμαι (after ἵσταμαι) and πετή-σομαι (after πέτομαι). Details w. lit. in Schwyzer 742 a. 681 w. n. 9. -- With πέτομαι agree formally, partly also semantically, Skt., OIr., Lat. a. Celt. forms, e.g. Skt. pátati, Av. pataiti `fly, fall, attack, hurry etc.', Lat. petō `move somewhere, hurry, look for, desire', OWelsh hedant `volant'; doubtful on the contrary the in any case diff. built Hitt. piddāi- (pittii̯ami, pittāizzi usw.) `run, hurry, flee'. Thus ποτέομαι and Skt. patáyati `fly, hurry' agree; however πωτάομαι is independent of Skt. pātáyati `let fall, throw down'. Further the Greek a. Skt. systems are apart. Beside the zero grade thematic Aorist πτ-έσθαι, ἐ-πτ-όμην stands in Skt. an also zero grade and thematic but reduplicated aor. a-pa-pt-at. The zero grade πτᾰ- in πτά-σθαι is found in forms like pa-pti-ma (pf. 1. pl.) (IE pth₂-); the corresponding full grade ptā- is however not represented in Skt. (so πτῆ-ναι analogical after φθῆ-ναι, στῆ-ναι a.o.?, Schwyzer 742). Thus the disyll. πετᾰ- in πέτα-μαι and pati- (e.g. fut. pati-ṣyáti) go without historical connection side by side. -- Further forms w. rich lit. in WP. 2, 19ff., Pok. 825f., W.-Hofmann s. petō. Cf. πίπτω, not πίτυλος.

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