λάσκω

λάσκω, [tense] impf.

A

ἔλασκον E.El.1214

(lyr.): [tense] fut.

λᾰκήσομαι Ar.Pax381

, 384: [tense] aor. 1 ἐλάκησα [ᾰ] ib.382 (

δια-λᾱκήσας Id.Nu.410

is prob. from διαλᾱκέω, [dialect] Dor. for -ληκέω): [tense] aor. 2 ἔλᾰκον, [dialect] Ep.

λάκον Il.14.25

, al.: [tense] aor. 1

ἔληξα Herod.8.65

: [tense] pf.

λέληκα Il.22.141

, Arist.HA618b31,

λέλᾱκα A.Pr.407

(lyr.), Ar.Ach.410 (paratrag.); part. fem.

λελᾰκυῖα Od.12.85

:—[voice] Med., v. infr. 11:—ring, rattle, crash:

I of things, ring when struck,

λάκε χαλκὸς νυσσομένων ξίφεσίν τε καὶ ἔγχεσι Il. 14.25

;

λάκε δ' ἀσπίς 20.277

; also λάκε δ' ὀστέα the bones cracked, broke with a crash, 13.616; λάκε δ' ἀμφὶ πυρὶ ὕλη crackled, Hes. Th. 694; ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι creaked under the weight, A.Th. 153 (lyr.):—this sense occurs only in [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Act.

II of animals, scream, of the falcon,

ὀξὺ λεληκώς Il.22.141

; of the nightingale in the falcon's talons, τί λέληκας; Hes.Op.207; also, of dogs, howl, bay, Σκύλλη . . δεινὸν λελακυῖα Od.l.c.; rare in Prose, οὐ μινυρίζει οὐδὲ λέληκεν, of the black eagle, Arist.l.c.:—this sense occurs only in [tense] pf., exc. in [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. [voice] Med.,

κύνες λελάκοντο h.Merc.145

.

III of human beings, shout, scream, cry aloud,

λέληκεν ἢν καὶ μηδέν' ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾷ Semon.7.15

;

φόβος μυχόθεν ἔλακε A.Ch.35

(lyr.), cf. S.Ant. 1094, etc.; τί λέλακας; Ar.Ach. l. c.;

μή νυν λακήσῃς Id.Pax382

: hence of Oracles, utter, A.Ag.1426 (lyr.), S.Tr.824 (lyr.), Ar.Pl. 39; also, sing,

πρὸς αὐλόν E.Alc.346

.

2 c. acc. cogn., shriek forth, utter aloud,

ὀλολυγμόν A.Ag.596

; στονόεν λέλακε χώρα Id. Pr.l.c.;

λ. βοάν E.El.

l.c., cf. Ion776 (anap.);

ἀγγελίας Id.IT461

(anap.);

πῆμα A.Ag.865

;

ῥῆμα γενναῖον Ar.Ra.97

: c. dupl. acc., τοιαῦτα λάσκεις τοὺς . . φίλους; E.Andr.671:—in this sense only in Trag. and (rarely) Com.