striking

striking
adj.
Signal: P. and V. λαμπρός.
Conspicuous: P. and V. ἐκπρεπής, διαπρεπής, V. εὔπρεπτος, ἔξοχος.
Weighty: P. and V. σεμνός.

STRIKING

notabilis: notandus (remarkable): insignis; insignitus (that attracts the attention): conspicuus; conspiciendus (worthy of observation; Vid: Bremi Suet. Oct. 45): mirus (wonderful). A striking dress dissentiens a ceteris habitus: a striking likeness vero proxima imago; indiscreta veri similitudo (Plin. 34 7 17): to produce striking likenesses imagines similitudinis indiscretae pingere (Plin. 35 10 36 no. 14 § 88): striking thoughts sententiae acutae or concinnae: striking remarks commode dicta: on this subject there is a striking remark in Plato de qua re praeclare apud Platonem est: a striking example exemplum illustre or grande.

striking (subs.): v. BEATING (subs.). Or express by verb (v. TO STRIKE).

striking (adj.):

I. Remarkable, q. v.:

1. insignis, e: a s. resemblance, i. similitudo, Liv. 39, 53, ad init.: a s. example (or warning), i. documentum, Liv. (Quich.): v. also REMARKABLE (1).

2. insignītus: v. REMARKABLE (2).

3. nŏtābĭlis: an uncommon and s. event, rara et n. res, Plin. Ep. 7, 6, init.

4. mīrus: v. WONDERFUL. Phr.: a s. instance, exemplum grande, Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39: cf. exemplum nobile (in bad sense), Liv. 2, 5, fin.: a punishment the more s. that, etc., supplicium conspectius eo quod, etc., ib. med.: a s. dress, dissentiens a ceteris habitus (Georg.).

II. Exactly resembling: perh. vērissĭmus: a s. likeness of Mars, verissima Martis imago, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 17. Phr.: portraits so s., imagines adeo similitudinis indiscretae, Plin. 35, 10, 36, 14, § 88: cf. indiscreta veri similitudo, id. 34, 7, 17, § 38.

III. Of arguments, powerful: grăvis: g. argumentum, Cic. pass.: v. also POWERFUL (III.), IMPRESSIVE. Phr.: s. thoughts, concinnae acutaeque sententiae, Cic. Brut. 78, 272: s. speeches, orationes nequaquam contemnendae, based on id. ib. 273: very s. sayings, argutissima dicta, id. (v. ACUTE, SHREWD).

κόπος
a striking, beating
κρότος
a striking, the sound made by striking

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βαθυπλήξ
deep-striking
βλητικόν
striking
καταπληκτικός
striking, astonishing
κομμός
a striking; dirge, lament
κροῦσις
a striking, smiting
πλήξιππος
striking, driving horses (chariot driving, Slater)
πληκτικός
of, for, by striking, spearing
πρόσπταισις
striking, stumbling against
συηβόλος
striking
συμπληγάς
striking (Συμπληγάδες the Clashing Rocks)
ἐλασίχθων
earth-striking
ἔνδοσις
striking of the key-note, relaxation, giving way, retirement
ὠκυβόλος
quick-shooting, quick-striking
ῥαπισμός
striking, beating

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flictus
a striking, clashing
percussio
a beating, striking
percussus2
a beating, striking
plangor
a striking, beating
pulsatio
a beating, striking
pulsus2
a pushing, beating, striking, stamping, push, blow, impulse, stroke