ψόφος
ψόφ-ος,
ὁ,
A). noise (prop. of one thing striking against another,
Arist. de An. 420a21 ; or of insects, which produce a sound, but not by the larynx,
Id. HA 535a28 ; opp.
φωνή, Id. de An. 420b29 ,
HA 535b31 , al.;
ψόφος μόνον [τὸ σῖγμα]
Pl. Tht. 203b , cf.
Lg. 669d ,
Aristox. ap.
D.H. Comp. 14 ); first in
h.Merc. 285 ,
ἄτερ ψόφου; γλώσσης ψ. E. HF 229 ;
φιλημάτων S. Fr. 537 ;
ψόφοι ἀνέμων Pl. R. 397a ; of rolling stones,
X. An. 4.2.4 ; of footsteps,
ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου Th. 3.22 , cf.
Hdt. 7.218 ; of
knocking at a door,
Ar. Ra. 604 (lyr.),
Pl. Smp. 212c ; cf.
ψοφέω 11 ;
crash of a falling building,
Th. 4.115 ; also of musical instruments,
λωτοῦ, κιθάρας, E. Ba. 687 ,
Cyc. 443 ; of a trumpet,
Paus. 2.21.3 .
2). mere sound, noise, τοῦ σοῦ ψ. οὐκ ἂν στραφείην your
noise will never turn me,
S. Aj. 1116 ;
κενὸς ψ. E. Rh. 565 ;
εὐδοξία ψόφος ἐστὶ μαινομένων ἀνθρώπων Diog. ap.
Arr. Epict. 1.24.6 ;
ψόφοι mere sounds, of high-sounding words or names,
ὁ μὴ φρονῶν .. ψόφοις ἁλίσκεται Men. 737 , cf.
Alciphr. 2.3 ,
Luc. DMeretr. 15.3 ,
Arr. Epict. 2.6.19 ;
ψόφου πλέως, of Aeschylus,
Ar. Nu. 1367 ;
ὁ ψ. τῶν ῥημάτων, of his language,
Id. Ra. 492 .
ShortDef
any inarticulate sound, a sound, noise
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ψόφος
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ψοφος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ψόφ-ος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">noise</span> (prop. of one thing striking against another, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420a.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 420a21 </a>; or of insects, which produce a sound, but not by the larynx, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535a.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 535a28 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">φωνή,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420b:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg002:420b.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">de An.</span> 420b29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:535b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 535b31 </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">ψόφος μόνον [τὸ σῖγμα</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:203b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:203b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 203b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:669d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:669d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 669d </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristox.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 14 </a>); first in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:285" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:285/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 285 </a>, <span class="quote greek">ἄτερ ψόφου; γλώσσης ψ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:229/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 229 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φιλημάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:537" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:537/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 537 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψόφοι ἀνέμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:397a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:397a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 397a </a> ; of rolling stones, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:2:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.2.4 </a>; of footsteps, <span class="quote greek">ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.22 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.218 </a>; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knocking</span> at a door, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:604" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:604/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 604 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:212c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:212c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 212c </a>; cf. <span class="quote greek">ψοφέω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crash</span> of a falling building, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:115" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.115/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.115 </a>; also of musical instruments, <span class="foreign greek">λωτοῦ, κιθάρας,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:687" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:687/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 687 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 443 </a>; of a trumpet, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:21:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:21:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 2.21.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mere sound, noise,</span> <span class="foreign greek">τοῦ σοῦ ψ. οὐκ ἂν στραφείην</span> your <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">noise</span> will never turn me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 1116 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κενὸς ψ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:565/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 565 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐδοξία ψόφος ἐστὶ μαινομένων ἀνθρώπων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diog.</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:1:24:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:1:24:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 1.24.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψόφοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mere sounds,</span> of high-sounding words or names, <span class="quote greek">ὁ μὴ φρονῶν .. ψόφοις ἁλίσκεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:737" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:737/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 737 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:2.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 2.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:15:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:15.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMeretr.</span> 15.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:6:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:6:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 2.6.19 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ψόφου πλέως,</span> of Aeschylus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1367" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1367/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1367 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ψ. τῶν ῥημάτων,</span> of his language, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 492 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}