ἐπίκροτος

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A. beaten or trodden hard, esp. of ground, ἐν τῷ ἐπικρότῳ ἱππεύειν X. Eq.Mag. 3.14; ἐ. ποιεῖν Arist. HA 558a6: metaph., τὸ ἐ. τῶν λόγων their sonorousness, Philostr. VS 1.25.7.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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