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A.rattling noise, made to collect a swarm of bees, Arist.HA 627a16; κ. ποδῶν beat of the feet in dancing, E.Heracl.783 (pl.), Tr. 546 both lyr.); “κ. σικινίδωνId.Cyc.37; τῶν δακτύλων κ. snapping of the fingers, Ael.NA17.5; ἐνόπλιος κ. clash of arms, Plu.Mar.22; “ κ. τῶν λόγωνLuc.Dem.Enc.15 (but perh. 'welding'); “ εὔροια καὶ τῆς γλώσσης κ.Philostr.VS2.25.6; “ῥυθμοῖο κ.APl.4.226 (Alc. Mess.).
2. κ. χειρῶν clapping of hands, applause, Ar.Ra.157: abs., X.An.6.1.13, etc.; “θόρυβον καὶ κ . . . ἐποιήσατεD.21.14, cf. 19.195.
b. in token of ridicule, “γέλως καὶ κ.Pl.La.184a.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Aristophanes, Frogs, 157
    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 195
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 14
    • Euripides, Cyclops, 37
    • Euripides, Heraclidae, 783
    • Euripides, Trojan Women, 546
    • Plato, Laches, 184a
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 6.1.13
    • Plutarch, Caius Marius, 22
    • Aelian, De Natura Animalium, 17.5
    • Philostratus the Athenian, Lives of the Sophists, 2.25.6
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