ψοφέω
ψοφ-έω, pf.
2). esp. of
an empty noise, πάντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφεῖ S. Fr. 61 ;
κόμποι ψοφοῦσιν Alex. 25.9 ;
μέγα ψοφέουσαν ἀοιδήν Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.19 (cf.
Fr. 165 ).
II). c. acc.,
ψοφεῖν τὰς θύρας knock at the door inside to show that one is coming out (opp.
κόπτειν or
κρούειν knock at the outside),
τὴν θύραν ψοφεῖ τις ἐξιών Men. Pk. 126 , cf.
Epit. 454 ;
ἐψόφηκε προϊὼν τὴν θύραν Id. Sam. 324 , cf.
Luc. Sol. 9 ; but the two words are sts. used indiscriminately, cf.
Plu. Publ. 20 ; also of the door (intr.),
τί αἱ θύραι νύκτωρ ψοφοῖεν why they
were heard to open, Lys. 1.14 , cf.
17 ,
Men. Sam. 222 ;
ἐψόφηκεν ἡ θ. Com.Adesp. 21.1 D.;
ἐψόφηκε ῥόπαλον CIG 5149b (Cyrene).
III). intr., κλαίοντες αὐτῇ δειλίᾳ ψοφήσετε perh. = you will perish, come to a bad end, S. Ichn. 162 : cf. διαφωνέω 3b .
IV). = μαστιγόω, ἐξουσίαν ἐχέτω .. ἐπιτειμέων τρόπ [ῳ ᾧ κα θέλῃ καὶ ψο]φέων καὶ διδέ[ων] καὶ πωλέων Supp.Epigr. 2.307 (Delph.); ἐπιτιμέουσα καὶ ψοφευσασα (sic lapis; leg. ψοφεῦσα) καὶ διδέουσα κτλ. Delph. 3(2).131 (i B. C.); cf. μαστιγοῦσαι replacing ψοφέουσαι in the same formula, GDI 2324 (Delph.).
ShortDef
to make an inarticulate noise, to sound, make a noise
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψοφ-έω</span>, pf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἐψόφηκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:324" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:324/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sam.</span> 324 </a> , etc.:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sound, make a noise</span> (opp. <span class="foreign greek">φωνέω,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420b:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420b.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 420b30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 535b3 </a>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 137 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ψοφεῖ ἀρβύλη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:638" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:638/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 638 </a> (troch.); <span class="quote greek">πύλαι ψοφοῦσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 78 </a> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">ψοφεῖ λάλον τι,</span> like a cracked pot, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:933" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:933/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 933 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἐψόφησεν ἄμπελος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:612" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:612/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 612 </a> (troch.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐψόφει .. οὐκ οἶδ’ ἅττα</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1152/canonical-url/"> 1152 </a> (troch.); <span class="quote greek">ὥσπερ κύμβαλον ψοφεῖ πρὸς τῷ δαπέδῳ ἡ κοίλη ὁπλή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ποταμοὶ ψοφοῦντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:396b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:396b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 396b </a> ; of a bell, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:2:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 14.2.21 </a>: c. acc. cogn.,[ <span class="quote greek">ἡ χαλκὶς] ψοφεῖ οἷον συριγμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535b:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535b.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 535b19 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ψ. ψόφον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:b13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:b13/canonical-url/"> b13 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> esp. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">an empty noise,</span> <span class="quote greek">πάντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:61/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 61 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κόμποι ψοφοῦσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:25:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:25.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 25.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέγα ψοφέουσαν ἀοιδήν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.Oxy.</span> 2079.19 </span> (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:165/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 165 </a>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> c. acc., <span class="foreign greek">ψοφεῖν τὰς θύρας</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knock at</span> the door inside to show that one is coming out (opp. <span class="foreign greek">κόπτειν</span> or <span class="foreign greek">κρούειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knock at the outside</span>), <span class="quote greek">τὴν θύραν ψοφεῖ τις ἐξιών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg025:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg025:126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pk.</span> 126 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:454" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg009:454/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epit.</span> 454 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐψόφηκε προϊὼν τὴν θύραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:324" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:324/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sam.</span> 324 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 9 </a>; but the two words are sts. used indiscriminately, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg008:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg008:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Publ.</span> 20 </a>; also of the door (intr.), <span class="foreign greek">τί αἱ θύραι νύκτωρ ψοφοῖεν</span> why they <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">were heard to open,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 1.14 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 17 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg029:222/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sam.</span> 222 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐψόφηκεν ἡ θ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 21.1 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">ἐψόφηκε ῥόπαλον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CIG</span> 5149b </span> (Cyrene). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rattle</span> a chain, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:7:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:7.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 7.11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> intr., <span class="foreign greek">κλαίοντες αὐτῇ δειλίᾳ ψοφήσετε</span> perh. = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">you will perish, come to a bad end,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ichn.</span> 162 </span>: cf. <span class="quote greek">διαφωνέω</span> <span class="bibl"> 3b </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">μαστιγόω, ἐξουσίαν ἐχέτω .. ἐπιτειμέων τρόπ [ῳ ᾧ κα θέλῃ καὶ ψο]φέων καὶ διδέ[ων] καὶ πωλέων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span> 2.307 </span> (Delph.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐπιτιμέουσα καὶ ψοφευσασα</span> (sic lapis; leg. <span class="foreign greek">ψοφεῦσα</span>) <span class="quote greek"> καὶ διδέουσα κτλ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Delph.</span> 3(2).131 </span> (i B. C.); cf. <span class="foreign greek">μαστιγοῦσαι</span> replacing <span class="foreign greek">ψοφέουσαι</span> in the same formula, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GDI</span> 2324 </span> (Delph.).</div> </div><br><br>'}