κομπέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(κόμπος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ring, clash</b>, κόμπει χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσι φαεινός <span class="bibl">Il.12.151</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., <b class="b3">κ. χύτραν</b> [[ring]] a pot to see if it be sound, <span class="bibl">D.L.6.30</span> (restored from <span class="bibl">Eust.896.61</span> for <b class="b3">σκοποῦμεν</b>), cf. <span class="bibl">2.78</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">boast, brag</b>, <b class="b3">τί κομπέω παρὰ καιρόν</b>; <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.4</span>; κ. ἄλλως <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.41</span>; ὡς σὺ κομπεῖς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>571</span>: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">κ. μῦθον</b> <b class="b2">speak a boastful</b> speech, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>770</span>; <b class="b3">ὑψήλ' ἐκόμπεις</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1230</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., <b class="b2">boast of</b>, κ. γάμους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>947</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁπλῖται, ὅσοιπερ κομποῦνται</b> <b class="b2">are boasted of</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.17</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.33 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. et inf., <b class="b2">boast that</b>... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>815</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ὅπως</b>… [[boast]] how... <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1149</span>.—Like <b class="b3">κομπάζω</b>, rare in Prose.</span>