πτύον

πτύον — ptýon

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.