ἐκπλήσσω
ἐκπλήσσω
Attic -ττω
fut. ξω
to strike out of, drive away from, Aesch.:—absol. to drive away, Thuc.
to drive out of oneʼs senses, to amaze, astound, Od., Eur.:—often in aor2 pass., Epic ἐξεπλήγην, Attic ἐξεπλάγην [ᾰ]; aor1 ἐξεπλήχθην; perf. ἐκπέπληγμαι: — to be panic-struck, amazed, astonied, Il., Soph., etc.; ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι to be astonished at a thing, Hdt., so διά τι, ἐπί τινι, etc.; ἐκπλαγῆναί τινα to be struck with panic fear of . . , Soph., Thuc.
generally, of sudden passion, to be stricken, Aesch., etc.
note also the form ἐκπλήγνυμι, Thuc.