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|Definition=fut. κρούσω E.''El.''180: aor.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἔκρουσα X.''An.''4.5.18, Hyp.''Fr.'' 201: pf. κέκρουκα Diogenian.3.38, (ἐκ-) [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''228e, (προς-) D.21.206:—Med., aor. ἐκρουσάμην Th.7.40:—Pass., aor. ἐκρούσθην Eratosth. ''Cat.''32: pf. κέκρουμαι ([[ἀπο]]-) X.''HG''7.4.26, or κέκρουσμαι (ἀπο-) [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''459:—[[strike]], [[smite]], ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''501; <b class="b3">κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων]</b> E.''Fr.''779.6; τὸν λυχνοῦχον Lys.''Fr.''83; τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν Arr.''An.''7.1.5; also <b class="b3">εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ.</b> [[with]] the fingers, D.C.40.16: metaph., <b class="b3">κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς</b> [[tickle]]s, Ephipp. 3.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[strike]] one [[against]] another, [[strike together]], <b class="b3">κ. χεῖρας</b> [[clap]] the hands, E.''Supp.''720; τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα Th.3.22; τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα X.''An.'' [[l.c.]]: metaph., <b class="b3">ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν</b> [[would have knocked]] their heads together, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''154e.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κ. πόδα</b> (i.e. <b class="b3">κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί</b>), in dancing, E.''El.'' [[l.c.]] (lyr.); ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. Id.''IA''1043 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph. from [[tapping]] an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (cf. [[κροῦσις]] 2): [[examine]], [[try]], [[prove]], κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν Pl.''Hp.Ma.''301b; <b class="b3">κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα]</b> Plu.2.64d.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[strike]] a stringed instrument with a plectron, Simon.183, Pl.''Ly.''209b: generally, [[play]] any instrument (v. [[κροῦμα]], [[κρουματικός]]), αὐλεῖ… κρούων ἰαστί ''Com.Adesp.''415: c. dat., <b class="b3">κ. κρεμβάλοις</b>, = [[κρεμβαλίζειν]], Ath.14.636d.<br><span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">κ. τὴν θύραν</b> [[knock at]] the door [[on the outside]], Ar.''Ec.''317, 990 (with play on signf. 8), X.''Smp.''1.11, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 310b, 314d, etc.; [[κόπτειν]] is better Att.acc.to Phryn.154; later κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν [[LXX]] ''Jd.''19.22.<br><span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον</b>, = [[κρουσιμετρέω]], Ps.-Phoc.15; ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ' ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''796; κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην Eup.184.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[sensu obsceno|sens. obsc.]], ''AB''101, cf.Ar.''Ec.''990; κ. πέπλον E.''Cyc.'' 328.<br><span class="bld">9</span> Med., <b class="b3">κρούεσθαι πρύμναν</b> [[back water]], Th.1.51, 54, 3.78; αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες Arr.''An.''5.17.7 (also in Act., Plb.16.3.8); κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν App.''BC''5.119: hence <b class="b3">κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν</b> [[fly backwards]], Ael.''NA''3.13:—also in Act., Plot.2.9.18.<br><span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">κρούειν ἀκράτῳ</b>, v. [[πατάσσω]] II.2. (Cf. Lith. krùšti 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. krausēt 'thresh'.)