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κολάπ-τω , of birds,
A.peck, κολάψασα ἐξέλεψεν τὸν νεοσσόν, of a hen, Hp.Nat.Puer.30; κ. τὰ ἕλκη, τὰ ὄμματα, Arist.HA609a35, b6; τὸ ἧπαρ, of the eagle and Prometheus, Luc.Sacr.6 codd.; τινα, of a crane, AP11.369 (Jul. Antec.): metaph., of a man, “ᾠὰ κ.Anaxil.18.4; of rain-drops breaking up the soil, Thphr.Fr.30.2; of horses, strike with the hoof, App. Pun.129; of Pegasos, produce by striking the ground with his hoof, “κρήνηνAP15.25.19 (Besant.).
2. carve, engrave, γράμμα εἰς αἴγειρον ib.9.341 (Glauc.); “τὸ δόγμα κολαφθὲν εἰς στάλανIG14.256 (Phintias), cf. 952 (Acragas), “Πολέμων1.30 (Demetrias), Luc.Dips.6, PLeid.X.36.
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