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πάταγος

πάταγος, a clatter, crash

πάτᾰγος [πᾰ], ὁ,
  • clatter, crash, as of trees falling, π. δέ τε ἀγνυμενάων (sc. γίγνεται) Il. 16.769; π. δέ τε γίγνετʼ ὀδόντων chattering of the teeth, 13.283; plash of a body falling into water, ἐν δʼ ἔπεσον μεγάλῳ π. 21.9, cf. Pi. P. 1.24; rattle or crash of thunder, Ar. Nu. 382, cf. Arist. Mu. 395a13; π. ἀνέμων D.H. Comp. 16; rumbling caused by flatulence, Hp. VM 22; but never of the human voice (exc. in late Greek, βληχᾶσθαι καὶ κρώζειν ἐν ὑποκρίσει τὸν ἔξηχον π. Porph. Chr. 35): hence βοῇ καὶ πατάγῳ χρεώμενοι means, with a great shouting and clashing of arms, Hdt. 3.79, cf. 7.211; π. δορός A. Th. 103 (lyr.); τόξων S. Tr. 518 (lyr.); ἀσπίδων E. Heracl. 832, Ar. Ach. 539; π. χύτρειος Id. Lys. 329 (lyr.). (Onomatop. word.)

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