κροτέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. [[κορτέω]] [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], cf. [[ἀνακροτέω]]: ([[κρότος]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[make to rattle]], of horses, <b class="b3">ὄχεα κροτέοντες</b> [[rattling]] them [[along]], Il.15.453, cf. ''h.Ap.''234.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[knock]], [[strike]], λέβητας [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.58; θύρσῳ γῆν E.''Ba.'' 188; τοῖς ἀγκῶσι τὰς πλευράς D.54.9; τινα Plu.2.10d: [[sensu obsceno|sens. obsc.]], ''IG'' 12(7).414 (Amorgos, cf. [[διακροτέω]] 1):—Pass., to [[be beaten]] byrain, Ael. ''NA''16.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[clap]] in sign of [[applause]], <b class="b3"> τὰς χεῖρας, τὼ χεῖρε</b>, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.60, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.4.12; ταῖς χερσί [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''19.10: abs., [[applaud]], X.''Smp.''9.4, D.21.226, etc.; ἐν θεάτρῳ [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''11.3: c.acc., κ. τινά D.L.7.173:—Pass., Arist.''Po.''1456a10 (sed leg. [[κρατεῖσθαι]]), Pl. ''Ax.''368d, etc.; τέλειος ῥήτωρ καὶ κεκροτημένος Phld.''Rh.''2.128 S.; <b class="b3">παρὰ Ὁμήρῳ κεκρότηται τὰ σώφρονα συμπόσια</b> are [[commend]]ed, Ath.5.182a (sed leg. <b class="b3">κεκρ</b>.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> also in sign of disapproval, Plu.2.533a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[κροτέω ὀδόντας]] = [[gnash the teeth]], Archil.''Supp.''2.9.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of a smith, [[hammer]], [[weld together]], Luc.''Lex.''9: metaph., in Pass., to [[be wrought]], κεκρότηται χρυσέα κρηπίς Pi.''Fr.''194, cf. Lyc.888: hence <b class="b3">ἐξ ἀπάτας κεκροτημένοι ἄνδρες</b> one [[mass]] of [[trickery]], Theoc.15.49; <b class="b3">εὐθὺς τὸ πρῆγμα κροτείσθω</b> 'strike while the iron is hot', ''AP''10.20 (Adaeus).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[rattle]], [[clash]], χαλκώματα Plu.2.944b: c. dat., <b class="b3">κ. ὀστράκοις καὶ ψήφοις</b> [[make a rattling noise]] with them, in order to collect a swarm of bees, Arist.''HA''627a16; κ. κυμβάλοις Luc.''Alex.''9; satirically, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῖς ὀστράκοις κροτοῦσα [Μοῦσ' Εὐριπίδου]</b> Ar.''Ra.''1306, cf. Ael.''NA''2.11.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[strike the woof home with the weaver's sley]], <b class="b3">σινδόνες λίαν κεκροτημέναι</b> [[close-woven]], Str.15.1.67.