κόμπος
ξυλισάμενοι ὀλίγα κομμάτια → having gathered a few pieces of wood
English (LSJ)
(A), ὁ,
A din, clash, esp. such as is caused by the collision of two hard bodies, as when a boar whets his tusks, ὑπαὶ δέ τε κ. ὀδόντων γίγνεται Il.11.417, 12.149; stamping of dancers' feet, πολὺς δ' ὑπὸ κ. ὀρώρει Od.8.380; ringing of metal, E.Rh.383 (anap., pl.). II metaph., boast, vaunt, ὁ κ. οὐ κατ' ἄνθρωπον φρονεῖ A.Th.425, cf. 473, Ag.613; οὐ πεπλασμένος ὁ κ., ἀλλὰ καὶ λίαν εἰρημένος Id.Pr.1031; Ζεὺς γὰρ μεγάλης γλώσσης κόμπους ὑπερεχθαίρει S.Ant.127 (anap.); κ. πάρεστι, i.e. I am proud of the deed, Id.Aj.96: rare in Prose and Com., ὅρα μὴ μάτην κ. ὁ λόγος εἰρημένος ᾖ Hdt.7.103; οὐ λόγων . . κ. τάδε, μᾶλλον ἤ ἔργων . . ἀλήθεια Th.2.41; ἀλαζονεία καὶ κ. τοῦ ψηφίσματος Aeschin.3.237; κ. κενοὶ ψοφοῦσιν Alex.25.9; of rhetorical bombast, Epicur.Sent.Vat.45. 2 rarely in good sense, praise, Pi.I.1.43, 5(4).24. III in pl., molar teeth, Hsch.
