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κομπέω

κομπέω, to ring, clash; to boast

κομπ-έω, (κόμπος)
  • ring, clash, κόμπει χαλκὸς ἐπὶ στήθεσσι φαεινός Il. 12.151.
      • 2 c. acc., κ. χύτραν ring a pot to see if it be sound, D.L. 6.30 (restored from Eust. 896.61 for σκοποῦμεν), cf. 2.78.
    • II metaph., boast, brag, τί κομπέω παρὰ καιρόν; Pi. P. 10.4; κ. ἄλλως Hdt. 5.41; ὡς σὺ κομπεῖς E. Or. 571: c. acc. cogn., κ. μῦθον speak a boastful speech, S. Aj. 770; ὑψήλʼ ἐκόμπεις ib. 1230.
      • 2 c. acc., boast of, κ. γάμους A. Pr. 947:—Pass., ὁπλῖται, ὅσοιπερ κομποῦνται are boasted of, Th. 6.17, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.33 S.
      • 3 c. acc. et inf., boast that . ., E. El. 815; κ. ὅπως . . boast how . ., S. OC 1149.—Like κομπάζω, rare in Prose.

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