ἐκπλήττω

From LSJ

ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνονPlato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

att. c. ἐκπλήσσω.