- πάταγος
- πάτᾰγος [pron. full] [πᾰ], ὁ,A clatter, crash, as of trees falling, π. δέ τε ἀγνυμενάων (sc. γίγνεται) Il.16.769 ; π. δέ τε γίγνετ' ὀδόντων chattering of the teeth, 13.283 ; plash of a body falling into water, ἐν δ' 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.VM22 ; 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.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.