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ἠχέω

I.intr. to sound, ring, peal, Hes.; often of metal, ἤχεσκε (ionic imperf.) Hdt.; τὰ χαλκεῖα πληγέντα μακρὸν ἠχεῖ Plat.; of the grasshopper, to chirp, Theocr.
II.c. acc. cogn., ἀχεῖν ὕμνον to let it sound, Aesch.; κωκυτόν Soph.; χαλκίον ἄχει sound the cymbal, Theocr.:—Pass., ἠχεῖται κτύπος a sound is made, Soph.

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