κομπέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[κόμπος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ring]], [[clash]], κόμπει χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσι φαεινός <span class="bibl">Il.12.151</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., κομπέω [[χύτρα]]ν = [[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 σκοποῦμεν), cf. <span class="bibl">2.78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[boast]], [[brag]], <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., κομπέω μῦθον = [[speak]] a [[boastful]] [[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"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[boast]] of, κ. γάμους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>947</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁπλῖται, ὅσοιπερ κομποῦνται</b> are [[boast]]ed of, <span class="bibl">Th.6.17</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.33 S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. et inf., [[boast]] that... <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 [[κομπάζω]], rare in Prose.</span>