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κροτέω

κροτέω, to make to rattle

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κροτοῦντά present active participle neuter accusative plural, present active participle neuter nominative plural, present active participle neuter vocative plural, present active participle masculine accusative singular of κροτέω

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κροτ-έω, poet. κορτέω Hsch., cf. ἀνακροτέω: (κρότος):—
  • make to rattle, of horses, ὄχεα κροτέοντες rattling them along, Il. 15.453, cf. h.Ap. 234.
    • II knock, strike, λέβητας Hdt. 6.58; θύρσῳ γῆν E. Ba. 188; τοῖς ἀγκῶσι τὰς πλευράς D. 54.9; τινα Plu. Lib.educ. 2.10d: sens. obsc., IG 12(7).414 (Amorgos, cf. διακροτέω 1):—Pass., to be beaten by rain, Ael. NA 16.17.
      • 2 clap in sign of applause, κ. τὰς χεῖρας, τὼ χεῖρε, Hdt. 2.60, X. Cyr. 8.4.12; ταῖς χερσί Thphr. Char. 19.10: abs., applaud, X. Smp. 9.4, D. 21.226, etc.; ἐν θεάτρῳ Thphr. 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.; παρὰ Ὁμήρῳ κεκρότηται τὰ σώφρονα συμπόσια are commended, Ath. 5.182a (sed leg. <συγ>κεκρ.).
        • b also in sign of disapproval, Plu. Vit.pud. 2.533a.
      • 3 κ. ὀδόντας gnash the teeth, Archil. Supp. 2.9.
      • 4 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 ἐξ ἀπάτας κεκροτημένοι ἄνδρες one mass of trickery, Theoc. 15.49; εὐθὺς τὸ πρῆγμα κροτείσθω ‘strike while the iron is hot’, AP 10.20 (Adaeus).
      • 5 rattle, clash, χαλκώματα Plu. Fac.lun. 2.944b: c. dat., κ. ὀστράκοις καὶ ψήφοις make a rattling noise with them, in order to collect a swarm of bees, Arist. HA 627a16; κ. κυμβάλοις Luc. Alex. 9; satirically, ἡ τοῖς ὀστράκοις κροτοῦσα [Μοῦσʼ Εὐριπίδου] Ar. Ra. 1306, cf. Ael. NA 2.11.
      • 6 strike the woof home with the weaverʼs sley, σινδόνες λίαν κεκροτημέναι close-woven, Str. 15.1.67.

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