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ἐκπλήσσω

ἐκπλήσσω, (to knock out); to astound, shock, amaze

ἐκπλήσσω, Att. ἐκπλήττω,
  • strike out of, drive away from, expel, ἐκ δʼ ἔπληξέ μου τὴν αἰδῶ A. Pr. 134; ὃς (sc. κεραυνὸς) αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν.. κομπασμάτων ib. 362, cf. E. Ion 635: abs., drive away, ἡ τέρψις τὸ λυπηρὸν ἐκπλήσσει Th. 2.38; φόβος μνήμην ἐ. ib. 87.
    • II drive out of oneʼs 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 μʼ ἐκπλήσσει λόγου frightens me in speaking, E. Or. 549:— in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep. ἐξεπλήγην (v. infr.), Att. ἐξεπλάγην [ᾰ] (also aor. 1 ἐξεπλήχθην Id. Tr. 183: pf. part. ἐκπεπληγμένος A. Pers. 290, S. Tr. 386, etc.); to be panic-struck, 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 δʼ ἂν..μάλιστα ἐκπεπληγμένοι εἶεν Th. 6.11, cf. 3.82.
      • 2 generally, of any sudden, overpowering passion, to be struck with desire, Ar. Pl. 673; 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.
      • 3 εἰς ὁμολογίαν ἐκπλήττειν frighten one into.., f.l. in Plb. 23.4.11.

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