θῠροκοπ-έω,
A). knock at the door, break it open, esp. as a drunken feat,
ἀπὸ γὰρ οἴνου γίγνεται καὶ θυροκοπῆσαι κτλ.
Ar. V. 1254 ;
θυροκοπῶν ὦφλεν δἰκην Antiph. 239 , cf. Chor.in
Hermes 17.232 .
2). metaph.,
knock as at a door,
θ. τῇ χειρὶ τὴν πλευράν [τινος]
Plu. 2.503a ;
ὁ λιμὸς τὴν γαστέρα θ.
Alciphr. 3.70 .