λάσκω,
imperfect ἔλασκον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
future λᾰκήσομαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist 1 ἐλάκησα [ᾰ[
Refs]
aorist 2 ἔλᾰκον,
Epic dialect λάκον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
aorist 1 ἔληξα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
perfect λέληκα [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
participle feminine λελᾰκυῖα [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —
middle, see below [
Refs]:—
ring, rattle, crash:
I) of things,
ring when struck, λάκε χαλκὸς νυσσομένων ξίφεσίν τε καὶ ἔγχεσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also λάκε δ᾽ ὀστέα the bones
cracked, broke with a crash, [
Refs]; λάκε δ᾽ ἀμφὶ πυρὶ ὕλη
crackled, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι
creaked under the weight, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —this sense occurs only in
aorist 2 active II) of animals,
scream, of the falcon, ὀξὺ λεληκώς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the nightingale in the falcon's talons, τί λέληκα; [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, of dogs,
howl, bay, Σκύλλη. δεινὸν λελακυῖα Od.[same place]; rare in Prose, οὐ μινυρίζει οὐδὲ λέληκεν, of the black eagle, Arist.[same place]:—this sense occurs only in
perfect, except in
Epic dialect aorist middle, κύνες λελάκοντο [
Refs]
III) of human beings,
shout, scream, cry aloud, λέληκεν ἢν καὶ μηδέν᾽ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾷ [
Refs 7th c.BC+]; τί λέλακα; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence of Oracles,
utter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
sing, πρὸς αὐλόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2) with
accusative cognate,
shriek forth, utter aloud, ὀλολυγμόν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; στονόεν λέλακε χώρα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]