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Strong's #4428 - πτύσσω
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- to fold together, roll up
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πτύσσω (never πτυέλ-ττω ), ( ἀνα- ) S. Fr. 301: fut. πτύξω ( ἀνα- ) E. HF 1256: aor. ἔπτυξα (v. infr.): — Med., Od. 2.77 ( ποτι- ), etc.: fut. πτύξομαι ( προς- ) 3.22: aor. ἐπτυξάμην Ar. Nu. 267: — Pass., Il. 13.134, etc.: aor. ἐπτύχθην ( ἀν-, δι- ) X. Cyr. 7.5.5, S. Ant. 709: aor. 2 ἐπτύγην [ῠ], ( ἀν- ) Hp. Int. 48: pf. ἔπτυγμαι App. BC 4.72, etc., ( ἀν- ) E. El. 357; πέπτυκται Arist. HA 536a11: plpf. ἔπτυκτο ( προς- ) Pi. I. 2.39: — fold, double up, χιτῶνα, εἵματα πτύξαι, fold up garments and put them by, Od. 1.439, 6.111, 252; σπλῆνα Hp. Fract. 8; χεῖρας πτύξαι ἐπί τινι fold one's arms over or round another, S. OC 1611; βιβλίον fold, close a book, Ev.Luke 4:20 .
II Pass., of the foetus, Hp. Mul. 1.69; of bandages, Gal. 18(1).826; γραμματεῖα ἐπτυγμένα Hdn. 1.17.1; πύργοι ἐπτ . App. l.c.; ἔγχεα δὲ πτύσσοντο perh. were interlaced, Il. l.c.
2. fold or cling round, χιτὼν . . ἀμφὶ μηρὸν πτύσσεται S. Fr. 872.3 (lyr.).
III Med., fold round oneself, wrap round one, τι Ar. Nu. 267 .
πτύσσω: 1 aorist participle πτύξας; in classical Greek from Homer down; to fold together, roll up: τό βιβλίον, Luke 4:20 (A. V. closed); see ἀναπτύσσω (and cf. Schlottmann in Riehm under the word Schrift; Strack: in Herzog edition 2 under the word Sehreibkunst, etc. Compare: ἀναπτύσσω.)
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* πτύσσω ,
to fold; of a scroll, to roll up: βιβλίον , Luke 4:20 (cf. ἀνα -πτύσσω ).†
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