A.v.l. πτέρεται, v. πτέρομαι), also πτείρω , Hdn. Gr.1.191 codd. (pres. in use in early writers πτάρνυμαι , Hp.Morb.2.54, X.An.3.2.9, Philem.100.4, Arist.Pr.962b8 (also πτάρνεται Gloss.), impf. “ἐπταρνύμην” Diog.Ep.35.3): aor. 2 “ἔπτα^ρον” Od.17.541, etc.: rarely aor. 1, part. “πτάραντες” Arist.Pr.963a33 (s.v.l.):—Pass., v. sub fin.:—sneeze, μέγ᾽ ἔπταρεν he sneezed aloud, Od. l.c. (taken for a good omen, cf. Ar.Ra.647, etc.); but also as a bad omen, “λυπούμεθ᾽ ἂν πτάρῃ τις” Men.534.9; “ἔπταρον εἰς ἀνέμους” AP11.375 (Maced.); οὐδὲ λέγει "Ζεῦ σῶσον", ἐὰν πτάρῃ ib.268; “ἀναλαβὼν τοιοῦτόν τι, οἵῳ κνήσαις ἂν τὴν ῥῖνα, πτάρε” Pl.Smp.185e: metaph. of a lamp, sputter, AP6.333 (Marc. Arg.):—also in aor. Pass., part. “πταρείς” Hp.Epid. 5.14, Arist.Pr.887b35.
πταίρω , Hippiatr.38 (