πέτομαι

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.HA624b6

(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.IA709b10, HA609a14 (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.IA1608 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.OT487

(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.)