κρούω,
future -σω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist [
Refs 6th c.BC+]:
perfect [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
middle,
aorist [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
aorist [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
perfect κέκρουμαι (ἀπο-) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
strike, smite, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ.
with the fingers, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
tickles, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
strike one
against another,
strike together, κ. χεῖρας
clap the hands, [
Refs 6th c.BC+] [same place]:
metaphorically, ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν
would have knocked their heads together, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) κ. πόδα (i.e. κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί), in dancing, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry).
4)
metaphorically from
tapping an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (compare [
Refs]:
examine, try, prove, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα] [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
5)
strike a stringed instrument with a plectron, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally,
play any instrument (see. κροῦμα, κρουματικός) [
Refs]: with
dative, κ. κρεμβάλοις, ={κρεμβαλίζειν}, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6) κ. τὴν θύραν
knock at the door
on the outside, [
LXX+5th c.BC+].
7) κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον, ={κρουσιμετρέω}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
8) obscene meaning, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
9)
middle, κρούεσθαι πρύμναν
back water, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (also in
active, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]: hence κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν
fly backwards, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —also in
active, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
10) κρούειν ἀκράτῳ, see at {πατάσσω} [
Refs]