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, “κρήνην” AP15.25.19 (Besant.).
κολάπ-τω , of birds,