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 ; ofknockingat a door, Ar. Ra. 604 (lyr.), Pl. Smp. 212c ; cf. ψοφέω
11
;crashof a falling building, Th. 4.115 ; also of musical instruments,λωτοῦ, κιθάρας,
E. Ba. 687 , Cyc. 443 ; of a trumpet, Paus. 2.21.3 .