κρότησις

κρότ-ησις, εως, ἡ,

• clapping, striking, χειρῶν, as a sign of grief, Pl. Ax. 365a; [σιδήρου] Ph. Bel. 71.44 (pl.); τοῦ πνεύματος D.H. Comp. 14 (v.l. for κροῦσις).