πᾰτάσσω, Ep. impf.πάτασσονIl.7.216: fut.-άξωAr.Lys.657, Ra. 646, Arist.Mete.371b9: aor.ἐπάταξαThgn. 1199:— Pass., aor.ἐπατάχθηνLuc.Anach. 3,40, Ach. Tat.7.4: fut.παταχθήσομαιLuc.Fug.14: pf.πεπάταγμαι (ἐκ-) Od.18.327 (elsewh. Hom. has only pres. and impf.): Att. and LXX mostly fut. and aor. Act. (τύπτω and πλήσσω being used in other tenses): I. intr. in Hom.,
beat, knock
, θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι πάτασσενIl.7.216; πάτασσε δὲ θυμὸς ἑκάστου 23.370; ἐν δέ τέ οἱ κραδίη στέρνοισι πατάσσει 13.282, cf. Arr.Cyn.15. II. with acc. of the thing set in motion,
strike, smite
, [ξίφος] πάταξον εἰς ἄκρον πόδαS.Ph.748; πρὸς κίονα νῶτον π. E.HF1007: c. acc. cogn., π. πληγήνPl.Grg.527c, cf. Lg.879e: abs., or with acc. of person or thing struck, ὁ πατάξασ
the man who struck the blow
, Antipho 4.3.4, Th.8.92; ἐὰν μὲν τὸν ἄρχοντα πατάξῃ τισD.21.33; of a deadly blow, ἐὰν λίθος ..ἢ σίδηρος πατάξῃId.23.76;
sting
, of a bee, Ach. Tat.2.7; of lightning,
strike
, Arist.l.c.; π. τινὰ δορίE.Ph.1463; πύξAr.Ra.548, cf. Eq. 1130 (lyr.): freq. in phrase πατάξαι θύραν, v. θύρα:— Pass., ὁ μηρὸς πατασσέσθωLuc.Rh.Pr.19. b.
smite, slaughter
, LXXJd.9.43, al.: simply,
kill
, ib. 1 Ki.17.9,al. c.
afflict, visit
, πατάξαι σε Κύριος παραπληξίᾳ ib.De.28.28, cf. IG12(9).1179.23 (Euboea, ii A. D.). 2. metaph., ἄτῃ πατάξαι θυμόνS.Ant.1097; πόθος καρδίαν π. Ar.Ra.54 (also μοι κραδίην ἐπάταξε ὅττι ..Thgn.l.c.); πατάξω ..μεγάλοις ποτηρίοισTimocl.20; cf. παίω 1.6.