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