κροῦσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[striking]], [[smiting]], [[collision]], <b class="b3">αἱ πρὸς ἀλλήλας κ</b>., of atoms, Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.Herc.</span>1431.16; ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα κ. τῶν ὅπλων <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Aem.</span>32</span>; <b class="b3">ποδὸς κρούσει χρώμενος</b> [[spurring]] with the heel, of a rider, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alex.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[tapping]] or [[ringing]] of earthen vessels, to see whether they are sound: hence, generally, [[scrutiny]], Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of sophistical [[attempts to deceive]], [[chicanery]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>318</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[playing on a stringed instrument]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>15</span>, <span class="bibl">2.1137b</span>, etc.: generally, [[instrumental music]], <span class="bibl">Plb.30.22.5</span>; κρούσεις καὶ μέλη Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span> p.13 K.; <b class="b3">παρὰ τὴν κροῦσιν λέγειν</b>, of the recitative, [[ᾄδειν]], of the air sung [[to the accompaniment of instrumental music]], Plu.2.1141a; <b class="b3">κ. ἡ ὑπὸ τὴν ᾠδήν</b> [[heterophone accompaniment]], ib.b.</span>