to roll up
Definition:
πτύσσω to fold; of a scroll, to roll up: βιβλίον, Luk.4:20 (cf. ἀνα-πτύσσω). (AS)
Definition:
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+]
Definition:
and thus apparently allied to
g4072 (πέτομαι) through the idea of expansion, and to 4429 through that of flattening; compare
g3961 (πατέω)); to fold, i.e. furl a scroll; close; probably akin to (to spread;