transfix

From LSJ

Σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → Sometimes silence is preferable to words → Est ubi loquelā melius est silentium → Das Schweigen ist dem Reden manchmal vorzuziehn

Menander, Monostichoi, 477

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verb transitive

pierce: V. διαπερᾶν, διέρχεσθαι (acc. or gen.); see pierce.

be transfixed (with horror, etc.): P. and V. ἐκπλήσσεσθαι.