Also [sc. attested is] 'doorknocker', [meaning] one who knocks on doors.[1]
Aristomenes, the Athenian, was nicknamed 'doormaker'.[2]
*qurokopei=tai. kai\ *quroko/pos, o( th\n qu/ran ko/ptwn. o(/ti *)aristome/nhs, o( *)aqhnai=os, quropoio\s e)peklh/qh.
The unglossed headword is present indicative middle/passive, third person singular, of
qurokope/w. Apart from this entry, it is only attested at -- and may therefore very well be quoted here from --
Synesius,
On insomnias 5.
[1] Either knocking on doors to beg or bashing down doors for mayhem. See also
Phrynichus 75.1, probably in reference to its occurrence in
Aeschylus,
Agamemnon 1195 (web address 1).
[2] The comic poet; this material is copied from
alpha 3922 and is absent from ms T; cf.
Hesychius theta949.
David Whitehead (x-ref; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 15 February 2008@04:06:06.
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