ἐπικρούω
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English (LSJ)
A hammer in, ἧλον Ar.Th.1004, cf. IG22.463.64; τὸν ἵππον καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν -κρούοντα ib.12.374.173; χθόνα βάκτροις striking the ground... A.Ag.202 (lyr.); ἐ. τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ξίφος clap one's hand on one's sword, Plu.Pomp.58: metaph., jeer at, εἴς τινα Macho ap.Ath.13.579b. II. = ἐπικροτέω 4, LXX Je.31 (48).26. III. Medic., use percussion, Aret.SA1.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 954] (s. κρούω), daraufschlagen, χθόνα βάκτροις ἐπικρούσαντες, auf die Erde mit dem Stocke stoßen, Aesch. Ag. 196; auf einen Nagel, um ihn einzuschlagen, Ar. Th. 1004; τῇ χειρὶ τὸ ξίφος, mit der Hand an's Schwert schlagen, Plut. Pomp. 58; a. Sp. Uebertr., εἰς δασύποδα τινὰ ἐπικροῦσαι, verspotten, Macho Ath. XIII, 579 (v. 23).
