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|Definition=fut. -σω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>180</span>: aor. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἔκρουσα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 201</span>: pf. κέκρουκα <span class="bibl">Diogenian.3.38</span>, ([[ἐκ]]-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>228e</span>, (προς-) <span class="bibl">D.21.206</span>:—Med., aor. ἐκρουσάμην <span class="bibl">Th.7.40</span>:—Pass., aor. ἐκρούσθην <span class="bibl">Eratosth. <span class="title">Cat.</span>32</span>: pf. [[κέκρουμαι]] ([[ἀπο]]-) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.4.26</span>, or -[[ουσμαι]] ([[ἀπο]]-) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>459</span>:—[[strike]], [[smite]], ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>501</span>; <b class="b3">κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων</b>] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>779.6</span>; τὸν λυχνοῦχον <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>83</span>; τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>7.1.5</span>; also <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ</b>. [[with]] the fingers, <span class="bibl">D.C.40.16</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς</b> [[tickles]], <span class="bibl">Ephipp. 3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[strike]] one [[against]] another, [[strike together]], <b class="b3">κ. χεῖρας</b> [[clap]] the hands, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>720</span>; τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα <span class="bibl">Th.3.22</span>; τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα X.<span class="title">An.</span> [[l.c.]]: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν</b> [[would have knocked]] their heads together, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>154e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κ. πόδα</b> (i.e. <b class="b3">κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί</b>), in dancing, E.<span class="title">El.</span> [[l.c.]] (lyr.); ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>1043</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph. from [[tapping]] an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (cf. [[κροῦσις]] <span class="bibl">2</span>): [[examine]], [[try]], [[prove]], κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>301b</span>; <b class="b3">κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα</b>] Plu.2.64d. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[strike]] a stringed instrument with a plectron, <span class="bibl">Simon.183</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>209b</span>: generally, [[play]] any instrument (v. [[κροῦμα]], [[κρουματικός]]), αὐλεῖ… κρούων ἰαστί <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>415: c. dat., <b class="b3">κ. κρεμβάλοις</b>, = [[κρεμβαλίζειν]], <span class="bibl">Ath.14.636d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">κ. τὴν θύραν</b> [[knock at]] the door [[on the outside]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>317</span>, <span class="bibl">990</span> (with play on signf. <span class="bibl">8</span>), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>310b</span>, <span class="bibl">314d</span>, etc.; [[κόπτειν]] is better Att.acc.to Phryn.154; later κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Jd.</span>19.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον</b>, = [[κρουσιμετρέω]], <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.15</span>; ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ' ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>796</span>; κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην <span class="bibl">Eup.184</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> sens. obsc., <span class="title">AB</span>101, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>990</span>; κ. πέπλον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span> 328</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> Med., <b class="b3">κρούεσθαι πρύμναν</b> [[back water]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.51</span>, <span class="bibl">54</span>, <span class="bibl">3.78</span>; αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>5.17.7</span> (also in Act., <span class="bibl">Plb.16.3.8</span>); κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.119</span>: hence <b class="b3">κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν</b> [[fly backwards]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.13</span>:—also in Act., <span class="bibl">Plot.2.9.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">κρούειν ἀκράτῳ</b>, v. [[πατάσσω]] <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. (Cf. Lith. [[krùšti]] 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. [[krausēt]] 'thresh'.)</span>