ἐκπλήσσω
ἐκπλήσσω, Att.
ἐκπλήρ-ττω,
A). strike out of, drive away from, expel, ἐκ δ’ 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 one's 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 μ’ ἐκπλήσσει λόγου frightens me in speaking,
E. Or. 549 :— in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep.
ἐξεπλήγην (v. infr.), Att.
ἐξεπλάγην (also aor. I
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 δ’ 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 .
ShortDef
(to knock out); to astound, shock, amaze
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἐκπλήσσω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
εκπλησσω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-32685
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐκπλήσσω</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">ἐκπλήρ-ττω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strike out of, drive away from, expel,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἐκ δ’ ἔπληξέ μου τὴν αἰδῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 134 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὃς</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">κεραυνὸς</span>) <span class="foreign greek">αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν.. κομπασμάτων</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:362/canonical-url/"> 362 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:635" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:635/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 635 </a>: abs.,<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drive away,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἡ τέρψις τὸ λυπηρὸν ἐκπλήσσει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.38 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">φόβος μνήμην ἐ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:87/canonical-url/"> 87 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drive out of one\'s senses by a sudden shock, amaze, astound,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.231/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.231 </a> (tm.); <span class="quote greek">κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες ἐ. τινάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.134 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ φόβος ἐκπλήσσων..</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 2.1.7 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κακοὶ εὐτυχοῦντες ἐκπλήσσουσί με</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Trag.Adesp.</span> 465 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὅ μ’ ἐκπλήσσει λόγου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frightens</span> me in speaking, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:549" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:549/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 549 </a> :— in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep. <span class="foreign greek">ἐξεπλήγην</span> (v. infr.), Att. <span class="foreign greek">ἐξεπλάγην </span> (also aor. I <span class="quote greek">ἐξεπλήχθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 183 </a> : pf. part. <span class="quote greek">ἐκπεπληγμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 290 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:386/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 386 </a>, etc.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be panic-struck, amazed,</span> esp. by fear, <span class="quote greek">ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.403/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.403 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:394" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.394/canonical-url/"> 13.394 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡνίοχοι ἔκπληγεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.225/canonical-url/"> 18.225 </a> : c. part., <span class="quote greek">ἐκπεπληγμένον κεῖνον βλέποντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:922" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:922/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 922 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:433" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:433/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 433 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be astonished at</span> a thing, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:116" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.116/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.116 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὑπό τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.64 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">διά τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.21 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπί τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:4:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.4.27 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρός τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg001:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg001:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Thes.</span> 19 </a> , etc.: also c.acc., <span class="foreign greek">ἐκπλαγῆναί τινα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be struck with panic fear of.</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 226 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1045" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1045/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1045 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡμᾶς δ’ ἂν..μάλιστα ἐκπεπληγμένοι εἶεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.11 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> 3.82 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, of any sudden, overpowering passion, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be struck with desire,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:673" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:673/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 673 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with love,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 38 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">χαρᾷ, ἡδονῇ,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:233" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:233/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 233 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:629" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:629/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 629 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with admiration,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.148/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.148 </a>, etc.: c.acc.rei, <span class="quote greek">ἐκπλαγέντα τὰ προκείμενα ἀγαθά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 9.82 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">εἰς ὁμολογίαν ἐκπλήττειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frighten</span> one into.., f.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:4:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:4:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 23.4.11 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}