πτύον
Alt. πτύον, ου, τό,
Etym. πτύω
"a winnowing-shovel or fan", Lat. vannus, with which corn after threshing was thrown up against the wind to clear it of the chaff, Il. (in poet. gen. πτυόφιν), Theocr.
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An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott.