συγκρούω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
συγκρούω
συγκρούσω
Structure:
συγ
(Prefix)
+
κρού
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to strike together, to clap
- to bring into collision, to wear out by collision
- to clash together, come into collision
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- διὸ καὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ ὑπούλωσ ἔχοντεσ συνέκρουον πολλάκισ, ἅπαξ δὲ περὶ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν καὶ εἰσ χεῖρασ ἦλθον σπασάμενοι τὰ ξίφη, καὶ τῶν φίλων ἑκατέρῳ παραβοηθούντων προσελάσασ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἐλοιδόρει τὸν Ἡφαιστίωνα φανερῶσ, ἔμπληκτον καλῶν καὶ μαινόμενον, εἰ μὴ συνίησιν ὡσ, ἐάν τισ αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ἀφέληται, μηδέν ἐστιν ἰδίᾳ δὲ καὶ τοῦ Κρατεροῦ πικρῶσ καθήψατο. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 47 6:1)
- αὗται μὲν οὖν τὸν παῖδα ἔτρεφον τῷ τῆσ Ἀμαλθείασ γάλακτι, οἱ δὲ Κούρητεσ ἔνοπλοι ἐν τῷ ἄντρῳ τὸ βρέφοσ φυλάσσοντεσ τοῖσ δόρασι τὰσ ἀσπίδασ συνέκρουον, ἵνα μὴ τῆσ τοῦ παιδὸσ φωνῆσ ὁ Κρόνοσ ἀκούσῃ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 1 8:1)
- ἀλλ’ ἐκεῖσ’ ἐπάνειμι, ὅτι τὸν ἐν Ἀμφίσσῃ πόλεμον τούτου μὲν ποιήσαντοσ, συμπεραναμένων δὲ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν συνεργῶν αὐτῷ τὴν πρὸσ Θηβαίουσ ἔχθραν, συνέβη τὸν Φίλιππον ἐλθεῖν ἐφ’ ἡμᾶσ, οὗπερ εἵνεκα τὰσ πόλεισ οὗτοι συνέκρουον, καὶ εἰ μὴ προεξανέστημεν μικρόν, οὐδ’ ἀναλαβεῖν ἂν ἠδυνήθημεν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 243:1)
- συνέκρουον δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἐν τέλει ποικίλαισ ἐπινοίαισ καὶ λογοποιίαισ, καιρὸν ἑαυτοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ τῶν κωλυόντων φιλονεικίαισ ποιούμενοι, μέχρι τῶν εἰσ ἀνθρώπουσ ὑπερεμπλησθέντεσ ἀδικημάτων ἐπὶ τὸ θεῖον μετήνεγκαν τὴν ὕβριν καὶ μεμιασμένοισ τοῖσ ποσὶ παρῄεσαν εἰσ τὸ ἅγιον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 174:1)
- τῶν δ’ ἀνδρῶν ἐκκολυμβώντων διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆσ πνιγὸσ φόβον, καὶ τῶν ἀγκυρίων ἀποκαιομένων, διὰ τὸν κλύδωνα συνέκρουον αἱ ναῦσ, καὶ τινὲσ μὲν ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων συντριβόμεναι διεφθείροντο, τινὲσ δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματοσ ὠθούμεναι, αἱ πλεῖσται δ’ ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρὸσ ἀπώλλυντο. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 72 12:1)
Synonyms
-
to strike together
Derived
- ἀνακρούω (to push back, stop short, check)
- ἀποκρούω (to beat off from, to beat off from oneself, beat off)
- διακρούω (to prove by knocking or ringing, to drive from oneself, get rid of)
- ἐγκρούω (to knock or hammer in, to strike, to dance)
- ἐκκρούω (to knock out, to drive back, repulse)
- ἐπικρούω (to strike upon, to strike)
- κρούω (to strike, smite: to strike, against)
- παρακρούω (to strike aside: to disappoint, mislead, to be led astray)
- περικρούω (to strike off all round, having, knocked off)
- προσκρούω (to strike against, to stumble, fail)
- ὑποκρούω (to strike gently, to beat time, give the time)