λάσκω

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:—A. 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.