pevta±mai , = pevtomai , q.v.
PETA vNNU-MI and -uvw , later petavw : f. petavsw , Att. petw` : aor. I ejpevta±sa Ar ., Ep. pevtasa, pevtassa : Pass. , aor. I ejpetavsqhn , Ep. pet- : pf. pevptamai , also pepevtasmai : 3 sing. plqpf. ejpevptato , Ep. pevpt- : to spread out sails or clothes, Od.; cei`re petavssa" , of one swimming, Ib.: metaph. , qumo;n petavsai to open ones heart, Ib.: Pass. , mostly in pf. , to be spread on all sides, Hom. : part. spread wide, opened wide, of folding doors, puvlai peptamevnai Il.; petavsqhsan Od.
pevtasma
pevtasma , ato", tov , ( petavnnumi ) anything spread out: in pl. carpets, Aesch.
pevtaso"
pevta±so" , oJ , ( petavnnumi ) a broad-brimmed felt hat, chiefly used in Thessaly.
pevtauron
pevtauron or pevteuron , tov , a perch for fowls to roost at night, Theocr. (Deriv. uncertain.)
petehnov"
petehnov" , hv, ovn , Ep. for peteinov" .
peteinov"
peteinov" , hv, ovn , Ep. petehnov" : able to fly, full fledged, of young birds, Od.:of birds generally, able to fly, winged, Il.: absol. , petehnav winged fowl, Ib.; so, ta; peteinav birds, Hdt.
pevteuron
pevteuron , tov , = pevtauron , q.v.
petoi`sa
petoi`sa , Dor. for pesou`sa , aor. 2 part. fem. of pivptw .
pevtomai, PE vTOMAI, pevtomai
PE vTOMAI , impf. ejpetovmhn , Ep. pet- : f. pethvsomai , syncop. pthvsomai : aor. 2 syncop. ejptovmhn, ptevsqai, ptovmeno" , also (as if from i{ptamai ) ejptavmhn , Ep. ptavmhn, ptavsqai, ptavmeno" , Ep. subj. pth`tai for pta`tai : also aor. 2 act. e[pthn , inf. pth`nai , part. ptav" (as if from i{pthmi ):the pres. pevtamai is also used; and in late writers i{ptamai : to fly, of birds, bees, gnats, etc. , Hom. , etc. :then, of arrows, stones, javelins, etc. , Il.: also of any quick motion, to fly along, dart, rush, of men, Ib., etc.
II. metaph. to be on the wing, flutter, Lat. volitare , of uncertain hopes, Pind. , Soph. ; of fickle natures, Eur. ; o[rni" petovmeno" a bird ever on the wing, Ar .; petovmenovn tina diwvkei" you are chasing a butterfly, Plat.
petovntessi
petovntessi , Aeol. aor. 2 part. dat. pl. of pivptw .
pevtra, PE vTRA, pevtra
PE vTRA , Ion. and Ep. pevtrh , hJ , a rock, a ledge or shelf of rock, Od.
2. a rock, i.e. a rocky peak or ridge, Hom .; p. suvndromoi, xumplhgavde" , of the rocky islets of