κροῦσις
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A striking, smiting, collision, αἱ πρὸς ἀλλήλας κ., of atoms, Epicur.Nat.Herc.1431.16; ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα κ. τῶν ὅπλων Plu. Aem.32; ποδὸς κρούσει χρώμενος spurring with the heel, of a rider, Id.Alex.6. 2 tapping or ringing of earthen vessels, to see whether they are sound: hence, generally, scrutiny, Suid. 3 metaph., of sophistical attempts to deceive, chicanery, Ar.Nu.318. 4 playing on a stringed instrument, Plu.Per.15, 2.1137b, etc.: generally, instrumental music, Plb.30.22.5; κρούσεις καὶ μέλη Phld.Mus. p.13 K.; παρὰ τὴν κροῦσιν λέγειν, of the recitative, ᾄδειν, of the air sung to the accompaniment of instrumental music, Plu.2.1141a; κ. ἡ ὑπὸ τὴν ᾠδήν heterophone accompaniment, ib.b.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1514] ἡ, das Schlagen, Klopfen; ποδός, ὅπλων, Plut. Alex. 6, Ael. N. A. 2, 10; das Anklopfen an irdene Gefäße, um am Klange zu hören, ob sie Risse haben, Schol. Ar. Nubb. 317; dah. übh. das Prüfen, Erproben. – Das Schlagen, Spielen eines Saiteninstruments, übh. das Vortragen eines Tonstücks auf einem Instrumente; Pol. 30, 13, 5; κροῦσις ὑπὸ τὴν ᾠδήν, Instrumentalbegleitung zum Gesange, Arist. probl. 19, 40; λέγεσθαι παρὰ τὴν κροῦσιν = recitativisch vortragen; ᾄδεσθαι παρὰ τὴν κροῦσιν soll ein choralmäßiges Singen sein, Plut. de musica 28. – Auch = der Betrug, s. κρουσιμετρέω; od. von der Wagschaale, die man herunterdrückt, hergenommen, E. M.; – auch von sophistischen Rednern, Schol. Ar. Nubb. 317.
