Quick Definition
a simple wooden pitchfork
Strong's Definition
a winnowing-fork (as scattering like spittle)
Derivation: from G4429 (πτύω);
KJV Usage: fan
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτύον, πτυου, τό, frequent in classical Greek from Homer down, Attic πτεον Winers Grammar, 24 ((perhaps from the root, pu, 'to cleanse'; cf. Curtius, p. 498f)), a winnowing-shovel (A. V. fan; cf. B. D. under the word , at the end; Rich, Dict. of Antiq., see under the words, ventilabrum, pala 2, vannus): Mat_3:12; Luk_3:17.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτύον ptyon 2x
a fan, winnowing fork, Mat_3:12 ; Luk_3:17
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** πτύον , -ου , τό ,
[in Sm .: Isa_30:24 * ;]
a winnowing shovel or fan: Mat_3:12 , Luk_3:17 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτύον [page 558]
winnowing-fan, This word from the vocabulary of Q ( Mat_3:12 , Luk_3:17 ) appears in the letter of an illiterate landowner Gemellus, P Fay 120 5 ( c . A.D. 100) εὖ πυήσις π [έ ]μσ [ις ] μυ θρ [ί ]νακες δύωι καὶ λικμητρίδε̣ς δύωι καὶ πτύ <ο >ν ἕν please send me two forks and two shovels and a winnowing-fan (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πτύον πτύον, ου, τό, [Etym: πτύω] "a winnowing-shovel or fan", Lat. vannus, with which corn after threshing was thrown up against the wind to clear it of the chaff, Il. (in poet. gen. πτυόφιν), Theocr.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πτύον, -ου, τό
[in Sm.: Isa.30:24 * ;]
a winnowing shovel or fan: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17.†
(AS)