κροτ-έω,
poetry κορτέω [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, compare ἀνακροτέω: (κρότος)] Refs 5th c.AD+]:— make to rattle, of horses, ὄχεα κροτέοντες rattling them along, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.453, compare “Hymnus ad Apollinem” 234. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II knock, strike, [[ λέβητας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.58; θύρσῳ γῆν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 188; τοῖς ἀγκῶσι τὰς πλευράς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.10d: obscene meaning, “IG” 12(7).414 (Amorgos, compare διακροτέω 1):] Refs 1st c.AD+] —passive, to be beaten byrain, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 16.17. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 clap in sign of applause, κ. τὰς χεῖρας, τὼ χεῖρε, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 8.4.12; ταῖς χερσί Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Characteres” 19.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, applaud, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Smp.” 9.4, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.226, etc.; ἐν θεάτρῳ Theophrastus Philosophus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Characteres” 11.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.accusative, [[ κ. τινά 3rd c.AD: Diogenes Laertius 7.173 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Po.” 1456a10 (sed to be read κρατεῖσθαι), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ax.” 368d, etc.; τέλειος ῥήτωρ καὶ κεκροτημένος 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.128 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; παρὰ Ὁμήρῳ κεκρότηται τὰ σώφρονα συμπόσια] Refs 5th c.BC+] are commended, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.182a (sed to be read <συγ>κεκρ.). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]