κροτέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. κορτέω Hsch., cf. [[ἀνακροτέω]]: (κρότος):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[make to rattle]], of horses, <b class="b3">ὄχεα κροτέοντες</b> [[rattling]] them [[along]], <span class="bibl">Il.15.453</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>234</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[knock]], [[strike]], λέβητας <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.58</span>; θύρσῳ γῆν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span> 188</span>; τοῖς ἀγκῶσι τὰς πλευράς <span class="bibl">D.54.9</span>; τινα Plu.2.10d: sens. obsc., <span class="title">IG</span> 12(7).414 (Amorgos, cf. [[διακροτέω]] 1):—Pass., to [[be beaten]] byrain, <span class="bibl">Ael. <span class="title">NA</span>16.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[clap]] in sign of applause, <b class="b3">κ. τὰς χεῖρας, τὼ χεῖρε</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.60</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.4.12</span>; ταῖς χερσί <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>19.10</span>: abs., [[applaud]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>9.4</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.226</span>, etc.; ἐν θεάτρῳ <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>11.3</span>: c.acc., κ. τινά <span class="bibl">D.L.7.173</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1456a10</span> (sed leg. [[κρατεῖσθαι]]), <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ax.</span>368d</span>, etc.; τέλειος ῥήτωρ καὶ κεκροτημένος Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.128 S.; <b class="b3">παρὰ Ὁμήρῳ κεκρότηται τὰ σώφρονα συμπόσια</b> [[are commended]], <span class="bibl">Ath.5.182a</span> (sed leg. <b class="b3">&lt;συγ&gt;κεκρ</b>.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> also in sign of disapproval, Plu.2.533a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κ. ὀδόντας</b> [[gnash]] the teeth, Archil.<span class="title">Supp.</span>2.9. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of a smith, [[hammer]], [[weld together]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>9</span>: metaph., in Pass., to [[be wrought]], κεκρότηται χρυσέα κρηπίς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>194</span>, cf. Lyc.888: hence <b class="b3">ἐξ ἀπάτας κεκροτημένοι ἄνδρες</b> [[one mass]] of trickery, <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.49</span>; <b class="b3">εὐθὺς τὸ πρῆγμα κροτείσθω</b> 'strike while the iron is hot', <span class="title">AP</span>10.20 (Adaeus). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[rattle]], [[clash]], χαλκώματα Plu.2.944b: c. dat., <b class="b3">κ. ὀστράκοις καὶ ψήφοις</b> [[make a rattling noise]] with them, in order to collect a swarm of bees, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>627a16</span>; κ. κυμβάλοις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Alex.</span>9</span>; satirically, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῖς ὀστράκοις κροτοῦσα [Μοῦσ' Εὐριπίδου</b>] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1306</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>2.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[strike the woof home with the weaver's sley]], <b class="b3">σινδόνες λίαν κεκροτημέναι</b> [[close-woven]], <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.67</span>.</span>