ptuo denotes the act of spitting, shown as an action performed before touching a tongue, eyes, or clay.

The attested use is a single action: spitting in connection with a tongue, eyes, or clay. The aorist participle forms introduce the action before touching the tongue or eyes in Mark 7:33 and Mark 8:23, while the aorist indicative in John 9:6 reports the action on the ground before clay is made and applied.

1. Spitting as a preceding physical action · dominant

   In Mark 7:33 and Mark 8:23, the aorist active participle πτύσας presents the action before contact with the tongue or eyes; the APB renders the clauses “after spitting.” In John 9:6, the aorist active indicative ἔπτυσεν reports the action on the ground before clay is made and applied; the APB renders “he spat on the ground.”

   Mark 7:33Mark 8:23John 9:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action as “after spitting” in Mark 7:33 and Mark 8:23 and as “he spat on the ground” in John 9:6. These phrases render the clauses in a translation.