κράκτρια

κράκτρια

fem nom /voc sg

κράκτρια, ἡ, pecul. fem. of κράκτης, Hsch.

A s.v. λακέρυζα.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `croak, cry' (individ. attestations since Ar.)

Other forms: perf. κέκρᾱγα (trag., Ar.) with pret. ἐκέκραγον (LXX), fut. κεκράξομαι (com., LXX), κεκραγήσει κραυγάσει H., aor. κεκρᾶξαι (LXX); aor. κρᾰγεῖν (ξ 467, Pi., Antiphon, Ar.), later κρᾶξαι (Thphr., LXX) with fut. κράξω (AP, Ev. Luc.),

Compounds: also with prefix, esp. ἀνα-.

Derivatives: κεκράκτης m. `cryer' (Hp., Ar., Luc.), κέκραγμα (Ar.), κεκραγμός (E., Plu.) `crying'; κεκραξι-δάμας m. `control by crying', comic surname of Cleon (Ar. V. 596, after Άλκι-δάμας; Sommer Nominalkomp. 174); κρᾱγέτας m. `cryer' (Pi.; Schwyzer 500), κρᾰγός `crying' (Ar. Eq. 487 κραγὸν κεκράξεται; Schwyzer 626), κράκτης `id.' (Adam., Tz.) with κράκτρια H. s. λακέρυζα, κρακτικός `crying, noising' (Luc.). The orig. system had a thematic root-aorist κρᾰγεῖν beside an intensive perfect κέκρᾱγα with present-meaning (Schwyzer-Debrunner 263f.); then the rare present κράζω with new aorist κρᾶξαι etc.; a further innovation was ἐκ-, ἐγ-κραγγάνω (Men., H.). To the central position of the perfect attest the derived verbal- and nominal forms κεκράξομαι, κεκράκτης etc.

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: As orig. onomatop. κέκραγα, κραγεῖν have a close cognate in κρώζω ` croak'; to this κρᾰγεῖν could even be a regelar zero-grade aorist. [ κάραγος ὁ τραχὺς ψόφος, οἷον πριών H. is not a regular disyllabic form beside κραγ-; s. s. v.] Cf. κρώζω, and κόραξ and κραυγή.

See also: -- Weiteres s. κρώζω, auch κόραξ und κραυγή.

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