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ἐγκροτέω

egkroteo

strike on, beating time, dashing one against the other

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k

What it meant

ἐγκροτέω · enkroteō — LSJ

strike on, beating time, dashing one against the other

strike on the ground, ἐς ἓν μέλος ἐγκροτέοισαι ποσσίν beating time with the feet to one tune, Theoc. 18.7:—Med., πυγμαὶ δʼ ἦσαν ἐγκροτούμεναι the fists were dashing one against the other, E. IT 1368.

II to be fastened by nails

Pass., to be fastened by nails, τοίχῳ Philostr. VA 2.20.

In the wild

ἐγκροτούμεναι · enkrotoumenai Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 835)

Where it came from

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