πτύω
1. "to spit out or up", Il.: absol. "to spit", Hdt., Xen.
2. of the sea, "to disgorge", Anth.:—absol., ἐπ᾽ ἀϊόνι πτύοντα, of waves, Theocr.; πτύσας "with a splash", Anth.
3. metaph., πτύσας "in token of abhorrence or loathing", Soph.; πτύσας προσώπωι with "loathing" in his face, id=Soph.
4. εἰς κόλπον πτύειν, Lat. in sinum spuere, done three times to avert a bad omen, Theocr.