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λάσκω

λάσκω, to ring, rattle; to scream, shout

λάσκω, impf. ἔλασκον E. El. 1214 (lyr.): fut. λᾰκήσομαι Ar. Pax 381, 384: aor. 1 ἐλάκησα [ᾰ] ib. 382 (δια-λᾱκήσας Id. Nu. 410 is prob. from διαλᾱκέω, Dor. for -ληκέω): aor. 2 ἔλᾰκον, Ep. λάκον Il. 14.25, al.: aor. 1 ἔληξα Herod. 8.65: pf. λέληκα Il. 22.141, Arist. HA 618b31, λέλᾱκα A. Pr. 407 (lyr.), Ar. Ach. 410 (paratrag.); part. fem. λελᾰκυῖα Od. 12.85:—Med., v. infr. II:—
  • ring, rattle, crash:
    • I of things, ring when struck, λάκε χαλκὸς νυσσομένων ξίφεσίν τε καὶ ἔγχεσι Il. 14.25; λάκε δʼ ἀσπίς 20.277; also λάκε δʼ ὀστέα the bones cracked, broke with a crash, 13.616; λάκε δʼ ἀμφὶ πυρὶ ὕλη crackled, Hes. Th. 694; ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι creaked under the weight, A. Th. 153 (lyr.):—this sense occurs only in aor. 2 Act.
    • II of animals, scream, of the falcon, ὀξὺ λεληκώς Il. 22.141; of the nightingale in the falconʼs talons, τί λέληκας; Hes. Op. 207; also, of dogs, howl, bay, Σκύλλη . . δεινὸν λελακυῖα Od. l.c.; rare in Prose, οὐ μινυρίζει οὐδὲ λέληκεν, of the black eagle, Arist. l.c.:—this sense occurs only in pf., exc. in Ep. aor. Med., κύνες λελάκοντο h.Merc. 145.
    • III of human beings, shout, scream, cry aloud, λέληκεν ἢν καὶ μηδένʼ ἀνθρώπων ὁρᾷ Semon. 7.15; φόβος μυχόθεν ἔλακε A. Ch. 35 (lyr.), cf. S. Ant. 1094, etc.; τί λέλακας; Ar. Ach. l.c.; μή νυν λακήσῃς Id. Pax 382: hence of Oracles, utter, A. Ag. 1426 (lyr.), S. Tr. 824 (lyr.), Ar. Pl. 39; also, sing, πρὸς αὐλόν E. Alc. 346.
      • 2 c. acc. cogn., shriek forth, utter aloud, ὀλολυγμόν A. Ag. 596; στονόεν λέλακε χώρα Id. Pr. l.c.; λ. βοάν E. El. l.c., cf. Ion 776 (anap.); ἀγγελίας Id. IT 461 (anap.); πῆμα A. Ag. 865; ῥῆμα γενναῖον Ar. Ra. 97: c. dupl. acc., τοιαῦτα λάσκεις τοὺς . . φίλους; E. Andr. 671:—in this sense only in Trag. and (rarely) Com.

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