πίτνω, poet. form ofπίπτω, Pi. O. 2.23 , P. 8.93 ;
A.
Νίκας ἐν ἀγκώνεσσι πίτνων
Id. N. 5.42
, cf. I. 2.26 , A. Ch. 1056 , Ag. 1128 (lyr.), E. Hec. 23 , al.:impf. ἔπιτνον, poet.πίτνον, B. 16.6 , S. OC 1732 (lyr.), etc.:πιτνῶis given aspres.by Gramm., as Hdn.Gr. 2.290 , andπιτνεῖςis found in codd. of E. Heracl. 77 ; but cf. Sch. Il. 16.827 ; forms with -ον- from -εο- are not found (προσπιτνοῦμεν,v.l. in
S. OC 1754 , is unmetrical).