cl. 1. P. króśati (rarely Ā., see krośamāna; aor. ákrukṣat, [RV. x, 146, 4]; perf. cukrośa, [R.]; fut. 2nd krokṣyati and 1st kroṣṭā, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 10]; [Siddh.]), to cry out, shriek, yell, bawl, call out, halloo, [RV.]; [AV.]; [MBh.] &c.; to exclaim, [R. i, 9, 59]; to lament, weep, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.; to make a singing noise (as the ear), [Kauś. 58] : Intens. cokruśīti, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 82], Sch.;
[cf. Lith. klykiu, ‘to cry’; kryksztauju; Hib. cruisigh, ‘music, song’; Lat. crocis, crocito; Gk. κρώζω, κράζω, κραγγή; Goth. krukja.]