ψοφ-έω,
perfect ἐψόφηκα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 324, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—sound, make a noise (opposed to φωνέω, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 420b30, “HA” 535b3), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 137; ψοφεῖ ἀρβύλη [prev. author] “Ba.” 638 (troch.); πύλαι ψοφοῦσι [prev. author] “HF” 78 (see. below 11)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψοφεῖ λάλον τι, like a cracked pot, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 933 (Lyric poetry); ἐψόφησεν ἄμπελος [prev. author] “Pax” 612 (troch.); ἐψόφει.. οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἅττα [prev. work] 1152 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ κύμβαλον ψοφεῖ πρὸς τῷ δαπέδῳ ἡ κοίλη ὁπλή [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.3; ποταμοὶ ψοφοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bell, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.2.21: with _accusative_ _cognate_, [ἡ χαλκὶς] ψοφεῖ οἷον συριγμόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b19; ψ. ψόφον [prev. work] b13. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 especially of an empty noise, πάντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφεῖ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 61; κόμποι ψοφοῦσιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.9; μέγα ψοφέουσαν ἀοιδήν Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.19 (compare “fragment” 165). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with accusative, ψοφεῖν τὰς θύρας knock at the door inside to show that one is coming out (opposed to κόπτειν or κρούειν knock at the outside), τὴν θύραν ψοφεῖ τις ἐξιών [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 126, compare “Epit.” 454; ἐψόφηκε προϊὼν τὴν θύραν [prev. author] “Sam.” 324, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but the two words are sometimes used indiscriminately,[[compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 20 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; also of the door (intransitive), τί αἱ θύραι νύκτωρ ψοφοῖεν why they were heard to open, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.14, compare 17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 222; ἐψόφηκεν ἡ θ. “Comica Adespota” 21.1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἐψόφηκε ῥόπαλον “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 5149b (from Cyrene). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]