ψόφος

ψόφος, ὁ, A. noise (prop. of one thing striking against another, Arist. de An. 420a21; or of insects, which produce a sound, but not by the larynx, Id. HA 535a28; opp. φωνή, Id. de An. 420b29, HA 535b31, al.; ψόφος μόνον [τὸ σῖγμα] Pl. Tht. 203b, cf. Lg. 669d, Aristox. ap. D.H. Comp. 14); first in h.Merc. 285, ἄτερ ψόφου; γλώσσης ψ. E. HF 229; φιλημάτων S. Fr. 537; ψόφοι ἀνέμων Pl. R. 397a; of rolling stones, X. An. 4.2.4; of footsteps, ψόφῳ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ προσιέναι αὐτοὺς ἀντιπαταγοῦντος τοῦ ἀνέμου Th. 3.22, cf. Hdt. 7.218; of knocking at a door, Ar. Ra. 604 (lyr.), Pl. Smp. 212c; cf. ψοφέω II; crash of a falling building, Th. 4.115; also of musical instruments, λωτοῦ, κιθάρας, E. Ba. 687, Cyc. 443; of a trumpet, Paus. 2.21.3. 2. mere sound, noise, τοῦ σοῦ ψ. οὐκ ἂν στραφείην your noise will never turn me, S. Aj. 1116; κενὸς ψ. E. Rh. 565; εὐδοξία ψόφος ἐστὶ μαινομένων ἀνθρώπων Diog. ap.Arr. Epict. 1.24.6; ψόφοι mere sounds, of high-sounding words or names, ὁ μὴ φρονῶν . . ψόφοις ἁλίσκεται Men. 737, cf. Alciphr. 2.3, Luc. DMeretr. 15.3, Arr. Epict. 2.6.19; ψόφου πλέως, of Aeschylus, Ar. Nu. 1367; ὁ ψ. τῶν ῥημάτων, of his language, Id. Ra. 492.