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κρέκω

κρέκω, to strike

κρέκω,
  • weave, ἴστον Sapph. 90; πέπλους E. El. 542.
      • 2 strike a stringed instrument with the plectron, μάγαδιν Diog.Ath. 1.10; βάρβιτα D.H. 7.72: generally, play on any instrument, αὐλόν Ar. Av. 682 (lyr.): less freq. c. dat., κρέκειν δόνακι APl. 16.231 (Anyte): c. acc. cogn., πηκτίδων ψαλμοῖς κ. ὕμνον Telest. 5; λωτὸς ᾠδὰν κρέκει Pae.Delph. 12; ἐν κιθάρᾳ νόμον ἔκρεκον AP 9.584.
      • 3 of any sharp noise, βοὴν πτεροῖς κ. Ar. Av. 772 (lyr.), cf. AP 7.192 (Mnasalc.); κίσσα κρέξασα ἁρμονίαν ib. 191 (Arch.), cf. Hp. ap. Gal. 19.114. (Cf. ONorse hraell (*hrahilaz) ‘weaverʼs sley’, OE. hraegel ‘dress’, ‘garment’, perh. Lett. krekls ‘shirt’.)

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