excitement
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἔκπληξις, ἡ, P. ταραχή, ἡ, V. ταραγμός, ὁ, τάραγμα, τό.
the city was full of excitement: P. ἀνηρέθιστο (ἀνερεθίζειν) ἡ πόλις (Thuc. 2, 21).