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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: `[[croak]], [[cry]] (individ. attestations since Ar.)<br />Other forms: perf. <b class="b3">κέκραγα</b> (trag., Ar.) with pret. <b class="b3">ἐκέκραγον</b> (LXX), fut. <b class="b3">κεκράξομαι</b> (com., LXX ), <b class="b3">κεκραγήσει κραυγάσει</b> H., aor. <b class="b3">κεκρᾶξαι</b> (LXX); aor. <b class="b3">κραγεῖν</b> (ξ 467, Pi., Antiphon, Ar.), later <b class="b3">κρᾶξαι</b> (Thphr., LXX) with fut. <b class="b3">κράξω</b> (AP, Ev. Luc.),<br />Compounds: also with prefix, esp. <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κεκράκτης</b> m. [[cryer]] (Hp., Ar., Luc.), <b class="b3">κέκραγμα</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">κεκραγμός</b> (E., Plu.) <b class="b2">crying;</b> <b class="b3">κεκραξι-δάμας</b> m. <b class="b2">control by crying</b>, comic surname of Cleon (Ar. V. 596, after <b class="b3">Ἀλκι-δάμας</b>; Sommer Nominalkomp. 174); <b class="b3">κραγέτας</b> m. [[cryer]] (Pi.; Schwyzer 500), <b class="b3">κραγός</b> [[crying]] (Ar. Eq. 487 <b class="b3">κραγὸν κεκράξεται</b>; Schwyzer 626), <b class="b3">κράκτης</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>' (Adam., Tz.) with <b class="b3">κράκτρια</b> H. s. <b class="b3">λακέρυζα</b>, <b class="b3">κρακτικός</b> [[crying]], [[noising]] (Luc.). The orig. system had a thematic root-aorist <b class="b3">κραγεῖν</b> beside an intensive perfect <b class="b3">κέκραγα</b> with present-meaning (Schwyzer-Debrunner 263f.); then the rare present <b class="b3">κράζω</b> with new aorist <b class="b3">κρᾶξαι</b> etc.; a further innovation was <b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐγ-κραγγάνω</b> (Men., H.). To the central position of the perfect attest the derived verbal- and nominal forms <b class="b3">κεκράξομαι</b>, <b class="b3">κεκράκτης</b> etc.<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: As orig. onomatop. <b class="b3">κέκραγα</b>, <b class="b3">κραγεῖν</b> have a close cognate in <b class="b3">κρώζω</b> `[[croak]]; to this <b class="b3">κραγεῖν</b> could even be a regelar zero-grade aorist. [<b class="b3">κάραγος ὁ τραχὺς ψόφος</b>, <b class="b3">οἷον πριών</b> H. is not a regular disyllabic form beside <b class="b3">κραγ-</b>; s. s. v.] Cf. <b class="b3">κρώζω</b>, and <b class="b3">κόραξ</b> and <b class="b3">κραυγή</b>.<br />See also: -- Weiteres s. <b class="b3">κρώζω</b>, auch <b class="b3">κόραξ</b> und <b class="b3">κραυγή</b>.

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