ποππύζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ποππύσδω]], onomatop. word,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[smack the lips]] or [[cluck]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[call to]] horses, etc., Ar.''Pl.''732, cf. D.S.1.83:—Med., [[call to]] a horse, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''878: com., [[call to]] a man, πόρρωθεν ἀπιδὼν ἐπόππυσεν Timocl.21.7; παιδίον ὑποκορίζεσθαι ποππύζων [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''20.5; [[Ποππύζουσα]], title of play by Alexis; κἂν ἀστράφω ποππύζουσιν… οἱ πάνυ σεμνοί Ar.''V.''626 (cf. [[ποππυσμός]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[applaud]], Phld.''Acad. Ind.''p.14 M.:—Pass., εἰ ποππυσθείη καὶ κροτηθείη Pl.''Ax.''368d.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[smack]], of loud kisses, ''AP''5.244 (Maced.), 284 (Agath.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in bad sense, [[play badly]] on the flute, [[let the breath be heard]] in playing, Theoc.5.7.