κομπέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[κόμπος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ring]], [[clash]], κόμπει χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσι φαεινός Il.12.151.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., κομπέω [[χύτρα]]ν = [[ring]] a [[pot]] to [[see]] if it be [[sound]], D.L.6.30 (restored from Eust.896.61 for σκοποῦμεν), cf. 2.78.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[boast]], [[brag]], <b class="b3">τί κομπέω παρὰ καιρόν</b>; Pi.''P.''10.4; κ. ἄλλως [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.41; ὡς σὺ κομπεῖς [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''571: c. acc. cogn., κομπέω μῦθον = [[speak]] a [[boastful]] [[speech]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''770; <b class="b3">ὑψήλ' ἐκόμπεις</b> ib. 1230.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[boast]] of, κ. γάμους [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''947:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁπλῖται, ὅσοιπερ κομποῦνται</b> are [[boast]]ed of, Th.6.17, cf. Phld.''Rh.''2.33 S.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. et inf., [[boast]] that... E.''El.''815; <b class="b3">κ. ὅπως</b>… [[boast]] how... S.''OC'' 1149.—Like [[κομπάζω]], rare in Prose.