κρούω

κρούω, [tense] fut. -σω E.El.180: [tense] aor.

A

ἔκρουσα X.An.4.5.18

, Hyp.Fr. 201: [tense] pf.

κέκρουκα Diogenian.3.38

, (ἐκ-) Pl.Phdr.228e, (προς-) D.21.206:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἐκρουσάμην Th.7.40

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.

ἐκρούσθην Eratosth. Cat.32

: [tense] pf. κέκρουμαι (ἀπο-) X.HG7.4.26, or -ουσμαι (ἀπο-) Ar.Ach.459:—strike, smite,

ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν S.Fr.501

; κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων] E.Fr.779.6;

τὸν λυχνοῦχον Lys.Fr.83

;

τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν Arr.An.7.1.5

; also εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ. with the fingers, D.C.40.16: metaph., κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς tickles, Ephipp. 3.3.

2 strike one against another, strike together, κ. χεῖρας clap the hands, E.Supp.720;

τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα Th.3.22

;

τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα X.An.

l.c.: metaph., ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν would have knocked their heads together, Pl.Tht.154e.

3 κ. πόδα (i.e. κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί), in dancing, E.El. l.c. (lyr.);

ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. Id.IA1043

(lyr.).

4 metaph. from tapping an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (cf.

κροῦσις 2

): examine, try, prove,

κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν Pl.Hp.Ma.301b

; κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα] Plu.2.64d.

5 strike a stringed instrument with a plectron, Simon.183, Pl.Ly.209b: generally, play any instrument (v. κροῦμα, κρουματικός)

, αὐλεῖ . . κρούων ἰαστί Com.Adesp.415

: c. dat., κ. κρεμβάλοις, = κρεμβαλίζειν, Ath.14.636d.

6 κ. τὴν θύραν knock at the door on the outside, Ar.Ec.317, 990 (with play on signf. 8), X.Smp.1.11, Pl.Prt.310b, 314d, etc.; κόπτειν is better [dialect] Att.acc.to Phryn.154; later

κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν LXX Jd.19.22

.

7 κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον, = κρουσιμετρέω, Ps.-Phoc.15;

ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ' ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς S.Fr.796

;

κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην Eup.184

.

8 sens. obsc., AB101, cf.Ar.Ec.990;

κ. πέπλον E.Cyc. 328

.

9 [voice] Med., κρούεσθαι πρύμναν back water, Th.1.51, 54, 3.78;

αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες Arr.An.5.17.7

(also in [voice] Act., Plb.16.3.8);

κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν App.BC5.119

: hence κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν fly backwards, Ael.NA3.13:—also in [voice] Act., Plot.2.9.18.

10 κρούειν ἀκράτῳ, v. πατάσσω 11.2. (Cf. Lith. krùšti 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. krausēt 'thresh'.)