κραυγή
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A crying, screaming, shouting, τίς ἥδε κ.; Telecl.35; κραυγὴν θεῖναι, στῆσαι, E.Or.1510, 1529; ποιεῖν X.Cyr.3.1.4; κραυγῇ χρῆσθαι Th.2.4; κ. γίγνεται Lys.13.71; rarely of a shout of joy, PPetr.3p.334 (iii B. C.), Ev.Luc.1.42: in pl., Aeschin.1.34, Vett.Val.2.35; κραυγὴ Καλλιόπης, as an instance of bad taste, cited from.Dionys.Eleg. (7) by Arist.Rh.1405a33.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κραυγή: ἡ, (ἐκ √ΚΡΑΓ, κράζω) ὡς καὶ νῦν, τὸ κραυγάζειν, Λατ. clamor, τίς ἥδε κραυγή; Τηλεκλείδ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 9· κραυγὴν στῆσαι, θεῖναι Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 1510, 1529· ποιεῖν Ξεν. Κύρ. 3. 1, 4· κ. γίγνεται Λυσ. 136. 24· ἐν τῷ πληθ., Αἰσχίν. 5. 27· κραυγὴ Καλλιόπης (ἀντὶ ποίησις) ὡς παράδειγμα ἐλλείψεως καλαισθησίας, μνημονευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ Διονυσ. τοῦ Χαλκοῦ ὑπὸ Ἀριστ. ἐν τῇ Ρητ. 3. 2, 11.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῆς (ἡ) :
cri : κραυγὴν ποιεῖν XÉN pousser un cri ; clameur.
Étymologie: R. Κραγ, crier ; cf. κράζω.
English (Strong)
from κράζω; an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief): clamour, cry(-ing).
