ἐκπλήσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ἐκπλήττω, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">strike out of, drive away from, expel</b>, ἐκ δ' ἔπληξέ μου τὴν αἰδῶ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>134</span>; [[ὃς]] (sc. [[κεραυνὸς]]) <b class="b3">αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν.. κομπασμάτων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">362</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>635</span>: abs., [[drive away]], ἡ τέρψις τὸ λυπηρὸν ἐκπλήσσει <span class="bibl">Th.2.38</span>; <b class="b3">φόβος μνήμην ἐ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">87</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">drive out of one's senses by a sudden shock, amaze, astound</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.231</span> (tm.) ; κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες ἐ. τινάς <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.134</span>; ὁ φόβος ἐκπλήσσων.. <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.7</span>; κακοὶ εὐτυχοῦντες ἐκπλήσσουσί με <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span> 465 ; <b class="b3">ὅ μ' ἐκπλήσσει λόγου</b> [[frightens]] me in speaking, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>549</span> :— in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep. [[ἐξεπλήγην]] (v. infr.), Att. <b class="b3">ἐξεπλάγην [ᾰ]</b> (also aor. I ἐξεπλήχθην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>183</span> : pf. part. ἐκπεπληγμένος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>290</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>386</span>, etc.); <b class="b2">to be panic-struck, amazed</b>, esp. by fear, ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας <span class="bibl">Il.16.403</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">13.394</span>; ἡνίοχοι ἔκπληγεν <span class="bibl">18.225</span> : c. part., ἐκπεπληγμένον κεῖνον βλέποντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 922</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>433</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι</b> to [[be astonished at]] a thing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.116</span>, etc. ; ὑπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.3.64</span>; διά τι <span class="bibl">Th.7.21</span>; ἐπί τινι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 1.4.27</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Thes.</span>19</span>, etc.: also c.acc., <b class="b3">ἐκπλαγῆναί τινα</b> to [[be struck with panic fear of]].., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>226</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>1045</span>; ἡμᾶς δ' ἂν..μάλιστα ἐκπεπληγμένοι εἶεν <span class="bibl">Th.6.11</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">3.82</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, of any sudden, overpowering passion, to [[be struck with desire]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>673</span>; [[with love]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>8</span>; [[χαρᾷ]], [[ἡδονῇ]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>233</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>629</span>; [[with admiration]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.148</span>, etc.: c.acc.rei, ἐκπλαγέντα τὰ προκείμενα ἀγαθά <span class="bibl">Id.9.82</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">εἰς ὁμολογίαν ἐκπλήττειν</b> [[frighten]] one into.., f.l. in <span class="bibl">Plb. 23.4.11</span>.</span>