Probably akin to the alternate of pipto (through the idea of causing to fall) or to petomai (through that of causing to fly away); to scare -- frighten.

see GREEK pipto

see GREEK petomai

πτοηθέντες (ptoēthentes) − 1 Occurrence

πτοηθῆτε (ptoēthēte) − 1 Occurrence