scare, alarm; crouch
Ancient Greek word, found 51 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 14.40: Νέστωρ, πτῆξε δὲ θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν.
Homer, Odyssey 8.190: βόμβησεν δὲ λίθος· κατὰ δʼ ἔπτηξαν ποτὶ γαίῃ
Euripides, Cyclops 408: πτήξαντες εἶχον, αἷμα δ’ οὐκ ἐνῆν χροΐ.
All forms of πτήσσω