πτοέω and
πτοιέω,
future -ήσω[
Refs 1st c.BC+]
aorist ἐπτοίησα,
Aeolic dialect ἐπτόαισα (see. below):—
passive,
Epic dialect aorist ἐπτοιήθην [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
perfect ἐπτόημαι,
Epic dialect ἐπτοίημαι (see. below):—
terrify, scare, [
Refs] [same place]:—
passive,
to be scared, dismayed, φρένες ἐπτοίηθεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπτοημένας δεινοῖς δράκουσιν by serpents, [
NT+5th c.BC+] W; of animals, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II)
metaphorically,
flutter, excite by any passion, τό μοι καρδίαν. ἐπτόαισεν [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; Κύπρις ἐπ᾽ Αἰακίδῃ κούρῃ φρένας ἐπτοίησεν poetical cited in [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be passionately excited, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; πτοιηθεὶς ὑπ᾽ ἔρωτι Call.[same place]; τὸ περὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας μὴ ἐπτοῆσθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τὸ νέον[
Refs 1st c.BC+];
to be distraught, μεθ᾽ ὁμήλικας ἐπτοίηται
he gapes like one distraught after his fellows, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ πτοηθέν
distraction, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] only in dactylic verse, perhaps for the sake of meter; the -άω inflexion only in [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; Lesb. -αις (ε) may have -αι- for -η- as αἰμίονος, etc.)