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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">noise</b> (prop. of one thing striking against another, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>420a21</span>; or of insects, which produce a sound, but not by the larynx, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>535a28</span>; opp. <b class="b3">φωνή</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>420b29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>535b31</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ψόφος μόνον [τὸ σῖγμα</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>203b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>669d</span>, Aristox. ap. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>14</span>); first in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>285</span>, ἄτερ ψόφου; γλώσσης ψ. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">HF</span>229</span>; φιλημάτων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>537</span>; ψόφοι ἀνέμων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>397a</span>; of rolling stones, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.4</span>; of footsteps, ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου <span class="bibl">Th.3.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.218</span>; of <b class="b2">knocking</b> at a door, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>604</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>212c</span>; cf. ψοφέω <span class="bibl">11</span>; <b class="b2">crash</b> of a falling building, <span class="bibl">Th.4.115</span>; also of musical instruments, <b class="b3">λωτοῦ, κιθάρας</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>687</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span>443</span>; of a trumpet, <span class="bibl">Paus.2.21.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">mere sound, noise</b>, <b class="b3">τοῦ σοῦ ψ. οὐκ ἂν στραφείην</b> your <b class="b2">noise</b> will never turn me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1116</span>; κενὸς ψ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>565</span>; εὐδοξία ψόφος ἐστὶ μαινομένων ἀνθρώπων Diog. ap.<span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.24.6</span>; <b class="b3">ψόφοι</b> <b class="b2">mere sounds</b>, of high-sounding words or names, ὁ μὴ φρονῶν . . ψόφοις ἁλίσκεται <span class="bibl">Men.737</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alciphr.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">DMeretr.</span>15.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.6.19</span>; <b class="b3">ψόφου πλέως</b>, of Aeschylus, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1367</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ψ. τῶν ῥημάτων</b>, of his language, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>492</span>.</span>