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καταψάλλω

katapsallo

play stringed instruments to

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What it meant

καταψάλλω · katapsallō — LSJ

play stringed instruments to, have music played to one, enjoy music, resound with music

play stringed instruments to, [συμπόσιον] καταυλεῖν καὶ κ. Plu. QConv. 2.713e:—usu. in Pass., have music played to one, enjoy music, ib. An seni 785e; of places, resound with music, Id. Ant. 56.

2 to be buried to the sound of music

Pass., to be buried to the sound of music, Procop. Pers. 2.23.

3 is drummed out

metaph., καταψάλλεται . . ὁ δημιουργός is drummed out, Porph. Chr. 34.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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