πετάννῡμι
and πεταννύω (ἀνα-); later πετάω (ἀνα-) [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cal.” 21 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; poetry πίτνημι (which see): future πετάσω (ἐκ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1135 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect πετῶ (ἀνα-) [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 26, 458: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἐπέτᾰσα (κατ-) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 731, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πέτασα, πέτασσα, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below): ] Refs 8th c.BC+]perfect πεπέτακα (δια-) [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.115 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist πετάσαντο [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 2.704:] Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, aorist ἐπετάσθην, Epic dialect πετ-, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.50, (ἐκ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 497 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπταμαι [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), πεπέτασμαι (ἐκ-)] Refs 8th c.BC+] Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.62, (παρα-) 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.5.2, (ἀνα-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 111c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Gall.” 29: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἐπέπτατο, Epic dialect πέπτ- [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.371: forms properly belonging to πέτομαι are ἀνα-πτάς 4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.351 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνα-πτάμεναι (for -πεπτάμεναι) πύλαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 1.18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; conversely πετασθέντα in signification fly, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Sotion Paradoxographus p.186 W.] 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 [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.269; [εἵματα] πέτασαν παρὰ θῖνα 6.94 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρε πετάσσας, of one swimming,[[ 5.374; ἄμφω χεῖρε φίλοις ἑτάροισι πετάσσας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.523, 13.549: _absolutely_, πετάσας] Refs 8th c.BC+] opening his doors, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.6: _metaphorically_, θυμὸν πετάσαι] Refs 3rd c.BC+] 'flutter', elate one's heart, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.160 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, mostly perfect, to be spread on all sides, ἀμφὶ δὲ πέπλοι πέπτανται [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.195; αἴθρη πέπταται ἀνέφελος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.45; πέπτατο δ᾽ αὐγὴ Ἡελίου 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.371 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle, spread wide, opened wide, of folding doors, πεπταμέναι πύλαι [[ 21.531 ] Refs]; also πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος[[ [prev. work] 538; θύρετρα.. πετάσθησαν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.50; later κῶας πεπταμένον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.405 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεπτ. πέλαγος the open sea, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 288 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄστρεον χείλεσι πεπτ. [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.86 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus); πεπταμέναι περὶ τέκνα μέγα κλαίουσι γυναῖκες 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.106 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; also ὡς ἄνεμος ἐπετάσθη was scattered abroad, dispersed, of death, [[ “Riv.Fil.” 57.380 (from Crete)] Refs]. (Cf. Latin pateo, O[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] fæpm 'fathom'.)