i.e. testing; since vessels that are cracked are tested by being rung; seizure.[1]
*krou=sis: h)/toi dokimasi/a: e)pei\ ta\ saqra\ tw=n skeuw=n krotou/mena dokima/zetai: h( a(rpagh/.
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Clouds 318, where the headword occurs, in the accusative case, in the figurative sense translated here; see under
kappa 622.
[1] Both meanings are hard to find attestations for, but the second may relate to uses of the word to mean 'deceive' or the like; cf.
kappa 2586.
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