πλαταγέω

A. clap the hands, Theoc. 8.88 ; of broad flat bodies coming together, clap, v.l. in Id. 3.29, AP 9.86 (Antiphil.) :—Med., ἐπλαταγεῦντο θύραι ib.7.182 (Mel.).
II. beat, so as to make a loud noise, στήθεα Bion 1.4; στέρνα BMus.Inscr. 1084.6 (Naucratis) ; τύμπανον AP 6.218.6 (Alc.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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