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πατάσσω

πατάσσω, to beat, knock

πᾰτάσσω, Ep. impf. πάτασσον Il. 7.216: fut. -άξω Ar. Lys. 657, Ra. 646, Arist. Mete. 371b9: aor. ἐπάταξα Thgn. 1199:—Pass., aor. ἐπατάχθην Luc. Anach. 3, 40, Ach.Tat. 7.4: fut. παταχθήσομαι Luc. Fug. 14: pf. πεπάταγμαι (ἐκ-) Od. 18.327 (elsewh. Hom. has only pres. and impf.): Att. and LXX mostly fut. and aor. Act. (τύπτω and πλήσσω being used in other tenses):
    • I intr. in Hom., beat, knock, θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι πάτασσεν Il. 7.216; πάτασσε δὲ θυμὸς ἑκάστου 23.370; ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη στέρνοισι πατάσσει 13.282, cf. Arr. Cyn. 15.
    • II with acc. of the thing set in motion, strike, smite, [ξίφος] πάταξον εἰς ἄκρον πόδα S. Ph. 748; πρὸς κίονα νῶτον π. E. HF 1007: c. acc. cogn., π. πληγήν Pl. Grg. 527c, cf. Lg. 879e: abs., or with acc. of person or thing struck, ὁ πατάξας the man who struck the blow, Antipho 4.3.4, Th. 8.92; ἐὰν μὲν τὸν ἄρχοντα πατάξῃ τις D. 21.33; of a deadly blow, ἐὰν λίθος . . ἢ σίδηρος πατάξῃ Id. 23.76; sting, of a bee, Ach.Tat. 2.7; of lightning, strike, Arist. l.c.; π. τινὰ δορί E. Ph. 1463; πύξ Ar. Ra. 548, cf. Eq. 1130 (lyr.): freq. in phrase πατάξαι θύραν, v. θύρα:—Pass., ὁ μηρὸς πατασσέσθω Luc. Rh.Pr. 19.
        • b smite, slaughter, LXX Jd. 9.43, al.: simply, kill, ib. 1 Ki. 17.9, al.
        • c afflict, visit, πατάξαι σε Κύριος παραπληξίᾳ ib. De. 28.28, cf. IG 12(9).1179.23 (Euboea, ii A. D.).
      • 2 metaph., ἄτῃ πατάξαι θυμόν S. Ant. 1097; πόθος καρδίαν π. Ar. Ra. 54 (also μοι κραδίην ἐπάταξε ὅττι . . Thgn. l.c.); πατάξω . . μεγάλοις ποτηρίοις Timocl. 20; cf. παίω I.6.

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