ἐκπλήσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[ἐκπλήττω]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[strike out of]], [[drive away from]], [[expel]], ἐκ δ' ἔπληξέ μου τὴν αἰδῶ A.Pr.134; [[ὃς]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[κεραυνός|κεραυνὸς]]) αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν.. κομπασμάτων ib.362, cf. E.Ion635: abs., [[drive away]], ἡ [[τέρψις]] τὸ λυπηρὸν ἐκπλήσσει Th.2.38; φόβος μνήμην ἐκπλήσσει ib.87.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[drive out of one's senses by a sudden shock]], [[amaze]], [[astound]], Od.18.231 (tm.); κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες ἐ. τινάς Aeschin.1.134; ὁ φόβος ἐκπλήσσων.. Antipho 2.1.7; κακοὶ εὐτυχοῦντες ἐκπλήσσουσί με Trag.Adesp. 465; [[ὅ μ' ἐκπλήσσει λόγου]] = [[frighten]]s me in [[speaking]], E.Or.549:—in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep. [[ἐξεπλήγην]] (v. infr.), Att. [[ἐξεπλάγην]] [ᾰ] (also aor. I ἐξεπλήχθην Id.Tr.183: pf. part. ἐκπεπληγμένος A.Pers.290, S.Tr.386, etc.); to [[be panic-struck]], [[be panic-stricken]], [[be amazed]], esp. by [[fear]], ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας Il.16.403, cf. 13.394; ἡνίοχοι ἔκπληγεν 18.225: c. part., ἐκπεπληγμένον κεῖνον βλέποντες S.OT 922, cf. Ant.433, etc.; [[ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι]] to [[be astonished at]] a thing, Hdt.1.116, etc.; ὑπό τινος Id.3.64; διά τι Th.7.21; ἐπί τινι X.Cyr. 1.4.27; πρός τι Plu.Thes.19, etc.: also c.acc., [[ἐκπλαγῆναί τινα]] = to [[be struck with panic fear of]].., S.Ph.226,El.1045; ἡμᾶς δ' ἂν..μάλιστα ἐκπεπληγμένοι εἶεν Th.6.11, cf.3.82.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, of any [[sudden]], [[overpowering]] [[passion]], to [[be struck with desire]], Ar.Pl.673; be struck [[with]] [[love]], E.Hipp.38, Med.8; [[χαρᾷ]], [[ἡδονῇ]], A.Ch.233, S.Tr.629; [[with]] [[admiration]], Hdt.3.148, etc.: c.acc.rei, ἐκπλαγέντα τὰ προκείμενα ἀγαθά Id.9.82.<br><span class="bld">3</span> εἰς [[ὁμολογία]]ν [[ἐκπλήττειν]] = [[frighten]] one into [[agreement]], [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] in Plb. 23.4.11 (εἰς τὴν ὁμολογίαν ἐμπλέξαι).