Quick Definition
πτύσσω v. I fold, roll up
Strong's Definition
probably akin to petannumi (to spread; and thus apparently allied to 4072 through the idea of expansion, and to 4429 through that of flattening; compare 3961); to fold, i.e. furl a scroll
KJV Usage: close
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor.ptc. πτύξας | ἀναπτύσσω
79.120 · Features of Objects · Rolled Up
to roll up, to make into a roll to cause something to be in the shape of a roll
1 There may very well be some significant difference of meaning in the series of terms in 79.120, but it is impossible to determine this on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτύσσω: 1 aor. ptep. πτύξας; in class. Grk. fr. Hom. down; to fold together, roll up: τὸ βιβλίον, Lk. iv. 20 [A. V. closed]; see ἀναπτύσσω, [and ef. Schlottmann in Riehm 5. v. Schrift; Strack in Herzog ed. 2 s. vy. Schreibkunst, etc. Comp.: avaaricca. |
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτύσσω ptyssō 1x
to fold; to roll up a scroll, Lk. 4:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πτύσσω, to fold; of a scroll, to roll up: βιβλίον, Lk 4:20 (cf. ἀνα-πτύσσω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτύσσω. With this verb used of ‘‘rolling up” ἃ scroll in Lk 42°, its only occurrence in the NT, cf. πτυκτός, ‘‘a folding writing-tablet,”” as in P Strass I. 3722 (ili/A.p.) πτυκτῶν τριῶν. For the medical use of πτύσσω see Hobart, p. 106 f. The compound περιπτύσσω occurs in P Lond 19258 (mid. ἵν (Δ...) αὐταῖς ὄψεσ{εσ)ίν σε περιπτύξασθαι, “to embrace you with my very eyes.” TVW, “spit” (onomatopoetic, like Lat. sfuo, Eng. spew: cf. mutitw—Boisacq, p. 824). For the use of “spittle,’’ as in Mk 7°, cf. Klostermann HZN7T ad /., and for the compound ἐπιπτύω see P Leid Wxviii 86 (ji/iii a.p.) (= 11. p. 145) ts τὴν γῆν ἐπιπτύων, “in terram spuens.” Cf. also Artem. Ρ- 35° μὴ ἐμεῖν δοκεῖν ἀλλὰ πτύειν (αἷμα), and the colloquial πρὶν πτύσαι, ‘before you can spit,” in Menander Ilepuk. 202.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πτύσσω (ptussō) — to roll up. πτύσσω (never πτύττω), (ἀνα-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]future πτύξω (ἀνα-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἔπτυξα (see. below):—middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (ποτι-), etc.: future πτύξομαι (προσ-) [Refs]aorist ἐπτυξάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist ἐπτύχθην (ἀν-, δι-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐπτύγην [ῠ], (ἀν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔπτυγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]pluperfect ἔπτυκτο (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—fold, double up, χιτῶνα, εἵματα πτύξαι, fold up garments and put them by, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας πτύξαι ἐπί τινι fold one's arms over or round another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βιβλίον fold, close a book, [NT]
II. passive, of the foetus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of bandages, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; πύργοι ἐπτ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔγχεα δὲ πτύσσοντο perhaps were interlaced, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. fold or cling round, χιτὼν.. ἀμφὶ μηρὸν πτύσσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. middle, fold round oneself, wrap round one, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]