croak
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
Ar. κεκραγέναι (perf. of κράζειν), κρώζειν, or use P. and V. φθέγγεσθαι.
substantive
Use P. and V. φθόγγος, ὁ, φθέγμα, τό, V. φθογγή, ἡ.
sound of croaking: Ar. βρεκεκέκεξ; see Ran. 209.
