A.“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.HF1007 : 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. IG12(9).1179.23 (Euboea, ii A. D.).