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|Definition=[πᾰ], ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[clatter]], [[crash]], as of trees falling, <b class="b3">π. δέ τε ἀγνυμενάων</b> (sc. [[γίγνεται]]) <span class="bibl">Il.16.769</span> ; <b class="b3">π. δέ τε γίγνετ' ὀδόντων</b> [[chattering]] of the teeth, <span class="bibl">13.283</span> ; [[plash]] of a body falling into water, <b class="b3">ἐν δ' ἔπεσον μεγάλῳ π</b>. <span class="bibl">21.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.24</span> ; [[rattle]] or [[crash]] of thunder, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 382</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mu.</span>395a13</span> ; π. ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>16</span> ; [[rumbling]] caused by flatulence, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>22</span> ; but never of the human voice (exc. in late Greek, <b class="b3">βληχᾶσθαι καὶ κρώζειν ἐν ὑποκρίσει τὸν ἔξηχον π</b>. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span>35</span>) : hence <b class="b3">βοῇ καὶ πατάγῳ χρεώμενοι</b> means, with a great shouting and [[clashing]] of arms, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.211</span> ; π. δορός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>103</span> (lyr.) ; τόξων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>518</span> (lyr.) ; ἀσπίδων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>832</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>539</span> ; π. χύτρειος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>329</span> (lyr.). (Onomatop. word.)</span>