Liddell-Scott-Jones

ψοφέω (psopheō) to stamp ^G:V

ψοφέω-έω,

perfect ἐψόφηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—sound, make a noise (opposed to φωνέω, [ψοφέωεῖ ἀρβύλη [prev. author] “Ba.” 638 (troch.); πύλαι ψοφέωοῦσι [prev. author] “HF” 78 (see. below 11)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψοφέωεῖ λάλον τι, like a cracked pot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ κύμβαλον ψοφέωεῖ πρὸς τῷ δαπέδῳ ἡ κοίλη ὁπλή [ψοφέωοῦντες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396b ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bell, [ψοφέωεῖ οἷον συριγμόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b19; ψ. ψόφον [prev. work] b13. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]

__2 especially of an empty noise, πάντα γάρ τοι τῷ φοβουμένῳ ψοφέωεῖ [ψοφέωοῦσιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 25.9; μέγα ψοφέωέουσαν ἀοιδήν Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2079.19 (compare “fragment” 165). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with accusative, ψοφέωεῖν τὰς θύρας knock at the door inside to show that one is coming out (opposed to κόπτειν or κρούειν knock at the outside), τὴν θύραν ψοφέωεῖ τις ἐξιών [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but the two words are sometimes used indiscriminately,[Refs 1st c.AD+]; also of the door (intransitive), τί αἱ θύραι νύκτωρ ψοφέωοῖεν why they were heard to open, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 rattle a chain, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III intransitive, κλαίοντες αὐτῇ δειλίᾳ ψοφέωήσετε perhaps = you will perish, come to a bad end, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV ={μαστιγόω}, ἐξουσίαν ἐχέτω.. ἐπιτειμέων τρόπ [ῳ ᾧ κα θέλῃ καὶ ψο]φέων καὶ διδέ[ων] καὶ πωλέων [Refs]; ἐπιτιμέουσα καὶ ψοφέωευσασα (sic lapis; to be read ψοφέωεῦσα) καὶ διδέουσα κτλ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; compare μαστιγοῦσαι replacing ψοφέωέουσαι in the same formula, [Refs]