Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) → Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.
P. and V. ταράσσειν, θράσσειν (Plato but rare P.), συνταράσσειν, ἐκπλήσσω, ἐκπλήσσειν.
be perplexed: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), πλανᾶσθαι, V. συγχεῖσθαι, ἀλᾶσθαι, δυσμηχανεῖν.
perplexed: use adj., P. and V. ἄπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.).