πληκτικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[πληκτική]], [[πληκτικόν]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> of, [[for striking]], or [[by striking]], [[πληκτικὴ θήρα]] = [[fishing]] [[by means of spearing]], Pl.''Sph.''220d; ἡ [[πληκτική]], τὸ πληκτικόν [μέρος], ib.220e, 221b; πληκτικὴ [[δύναμις]] Epicur.''Fr.'' 308.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ready to strike]], [[given to striking]], πληκτικός [ὁ σκορπίος] Arist.''Fr.'' 331; γυνὴ ἀνδρὸς… πληκτικώτερον Id.''HA''608b10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[striking the senses]], [[overpowering]], [[οἶνος]], [[τροφή]], Ath.1.27a, Philum.''Ven.''9; π. τῇ ὀσμῇ Dsc.1.15, cf. S.E.''P.''1.125 (Comp.); of [[whitewashed]] rooms, Antyll. ap. Orib.9.13.5; [[τὸ πληκτικόν]] = [[overpowering effect]], Plu.2.693b, cf. 367c, 735d (cj.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[striking the mind]], [[impressive]], [[startling]], S.E.''P.''3.71 (Comp.), 240, etc. Adv. [[πληκτικῶς]] = [[in striking manner]] Alex.Aphr.''in Sens.''104.16, Ulp. ad D.20.56: Sup. πληκτικώτατα Ph.2.462 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] <b class="b3">τλητ-</b>).