καταπλήσσω
κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν → bend back along the second turn of the race, turning the bend and coming back for the second leg of the double run, run the homeward course, retrace one's steps
English (LSJ)
Att. καταπλήττω, fut.
A -ξω D.21.194:—strike down, τινὸς εἰς τὴν κατακλεῖδα [ξίφος] PMag.Par. 1.300: usu. metaph., strike with amazement, astound, terrify, κατέπλησσεν ἐπὶ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι Th.2.65; ὁ φόβος κ. τὰς ψυχάς X.Cyr.3.1.25; καταπλήξειν ᾤετο τὸν δῆμον D. l. c.; κ. τοὺς ἀκροατάς, of orators, Arist.Rh.1408a25; -πλῆξαί τινα τῇ προδοσίῃ tax him with his treachery, Hdt.8.128 (v.l. -πλέξαι); browbeat, bully, POxy.237 viii 10 (ii A. D.):—Med., -πλήξασθαι τοὺς ὑπεναντίους Plb.3.89.1, cf. D.S. 11.77, Jul.Or.6.191a, etc.:—Pass., to be panic-stricken, astounded, most freq. in aor.2 and pf. (pres., Eup.159.10), κατεπλήγη φίλον ἦτορ Il.3.31; -πλαγῆναι τῷ πολέμῳ Th.1.81; τῷ πλήθει Id.4.10; μὴ -πέπληχθε ἄγαν Id.7.77: c. acc., πάνυ τοῦτ' ἐπαινῶ καὶ -πλήττομαι Eup. l.c.; τὴν ἀπειρίαν τὴν αὑτοῦ -πεπλῆχθαι Isoc.Ep.4.11; μηδὲν -πλαγέντες τὸν Φίλιππον Decr. ap. D.18.185; -πεπλῆχθαι τὸν βίον Id.37.43 codd.; -πεπληγμένοι τὸν στόλον Plb.1.20.6; to be amazed at, τὴν ἀπαθίαν τινῶν Phld.Sto.Herc.339.7: later intr. in pf. -πέπληγα, plpf. -πεπλήγη App.Mith.19, Paus.10.22.2, Luc.DMeretr.13.2: esp. in part., -πεπληγότες τὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων τάχος D.H.6.25, etc.; τὸ περιδεὲς καὶ -πεπληγός abject terror, Plu.Comp.Pel.Marc.1.
