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πετάννυμι (petannumi) to spread out ^G:V

πετάννυμι

and πεταννύω (ἀνα-); later πετάω (ἀνα-) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; poetry πίτνημι (which see): future πετάσω (ἐκ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect πετῶ (ἀνα-) [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἐπέτᾰσα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πέτασα, πέτασσα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεπέτακα (δια-) [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist πετάσαντο [Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, aorist ἐπετάσθην, Epic dialect πετ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπταμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐπέπτατο, Epic dialect πέπτ- [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνα-πτάμεναι (for -πεπτάμεναι) πύλαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; conversely πετασθέντα in signification fly, [Refs 1st c.AD+]—The simple Verb is rare except in aorist active and passive, and perfect passive; compare ἀνα-, δια-, κατα-, περι-πετάννυμι:—spread out, οὔρῳ πέτασ᾽ ἱστία [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρε πετάσσας, of one swimming,[Refs 8th c.BC+] opening his doors, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 'flutter', elate one's heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, mostly perfect, to be spread on all sides, ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλοι πέπτανται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle, spread wide, opened wide, of folding doors, πεπταμέναι πύλαι [Refs]; also πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος[Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεπτ. πέλαγος the open sea, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄστρεον χείλεσι πεπτ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also ὡς ἄνεμος ἐπετάσθη was scattered abroad, dispersed, of death, [Refs]. (Cf. Latin pateo, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] fæpm 'fathom'.)