ἔκπληξις
εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A consternation, ἐκπλήξιες τῆς γνώμης Hp.Aër.16, cf.Pl.Phlb.47a, etc.; ἔ. κακῶν terror caused by misfortunes, A.Pers.606; ἔ. παρέχειν Antipho5.6, Th.4.55 ; ἐς ἔ. καθιστάναι, ἀγαγεῖν, Id.6.36, Philostr.Jun.Im.4; ἔ. ἐνέπεσεν ἀνθρώποις Th.4.34. II mental disturbance, passion, Plb.3.81.6.
German (Pape)
[Seite 774] ἡ, Betäubung, z. B. durch einen heftigen Schlag, Hippocr.; heftiger Schreck, Bestürzung, ἔκπλ. ἐκφοβεῖ φρένας Aesch. Pers. 598; καὶ ἀφασία Eur. Hel. 549; Plat. Phil. 47 a; εἰς ἔκπληξιν ἰδεῖν Critia. 115 d; ἐνέπεσεν ἀνθρώποις Thuc. 4, 54; ἔκπληξιν παρέχειν, εἰς ἔκπληξιν καθιστάναι, betäuben, 4, 55. 6, 36; Antiph. 5, 6, wie Sp.; – ἐν ἀφροδισίοις, heftiger Trieb, Brunst, Pol. 3, 81, 6.
