ἔκπαγλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, Ep. and Ion. word, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[terrible]], [[violent]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, <b class="b3">ὧδ' ἔκπαγλος ἐών</b>, of [[Achilles]], <span class="bibl">Il.21.589</span>; <b class="b3">πάντων ἐκπαγλότατ' ἀνδρῶν</b>, also of Achilles, <span class="bibl">1.146</span>, <span class="bibl">18.170</span>; of other heroes, <span class="bibl">20.389</span>, <span class="bibl">21.452</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> sometimes of things, χειμὼν ἔ. <span class="bibl">Od.14.522</span>; ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν <span class="bibl">Il.15.198</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.77</span>; ἔδεισεν γὰρ ἐμὴν ἔ. ἐνιπήν <span class="bibl">10.448</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">17.216</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> mostly Adv. [[ἐκπάγλως]] = [[terribly]], [[vehemently]], [[exceedingly]], [[ἐκπάγλως]] ἀπόλεσσαν <span class="bibl">Il.1.268</span>; κοτέοντο <span class="bibl">2.223</span>; <b class="b3">ἐθέλει οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">357</span>; μαίνεται <span class="bibl">9.238</span>; ὠδύσατ' ἐ. <span class="bibl">Od.5.340</span>; ἔχθαιρε <span class="bibl">11.437</span>; ὀδύρεται <span class="bibl">15.355</span>; αἴθεται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.171</span> ([[ἐκπατίως]] Erot.); <b class="b3">ἐκπάγλως πονέει</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.3</span>: neut. as adverb, [[ἔκπαγλον]] ἐπεύξατο <span class="bibl">Il.13.413</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>448</span>, etc.; οὐ γὰρ ἐγώ σ' ἔ. ἀεικιῶ <span class="bibl">Il.22.256</span>: neut. pl., [[ἔκπαγλα]] [[φιλεῖν]] = to [[love]] [[beyond all measure]], <span class="bibl">3.415</span>, <span class="bibl">5.423</span>; ἢν ἔ. χαλεφθῇ <span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>445</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in later Poets the word freq. signifies merely, [[marvellous]], [[wondrous]], ἀνὴρ ἔκπαγλος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.79</span>; σθένει ἔ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).22</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν πόνοις ἔκπαγλος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">6(5).54</span>: not freq. in Trag., <b class="b3">ἔκπαγλον κακόν, ἔκπαγλον τέρας</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>862</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span> 548</span>; δείπνων ἀρρήτων ἔκπαγλ' ἄχθη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>204</span> (lyr.). Adv. [[ἔκπαγλα]] = [[marvellously]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>716</span> (lyr.): in early Prose only once, ὅπλα τὰ ἐκπαγλότατα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>11.3</span>; in Com., <span class="bibl">Eup.8.14D.</span> (Sup.). (Metath. for Εκπλαγος ([[ἐκπλήσσω]]) acc. to <span class="bibl">Eust.68.18</span>; perhaps dissim. from <b class="b3">*ἐκπλαγλος</b>.) </span>