ἀποκροτέω
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
A snap the fingers, Str.14.5.9. II dash against the ground, χαμαί Babr.119.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 309] ein Schnippchen schlagen, Strab. XIV p. 672.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποκροτέω: ποιῶ κρότον διὰ τῶν δακτύλων (τοῦ μέσου καὶ τοῦ μεγάλου), ὡς ποιοῦσι καὶ νῦν οἱ ὀρχούμενοι, Στράβ. 672.
Spanish (DGE)
1 chascar los dedos Aristobul.9b.
2 tirar, arrojar χαμαὶ δ' ἀπεκρότησε τοῦ σκέλους ἄρας Babr.119.4.