LSJ
2
to be wanting of or in a thing, προθυμίας οὐδὲν ἀ. Th. 8.22, cf. Pl. R. 533a: freq. of numbers, μηδὲν ἀ. τῶν πέντε κτλ. Id. Lg. 828b; τῶν εἴκοσιν ὀλίγον ἀ. Arist. HA 573b16, etc.; ἀπὸ τεσσέρων πηχέων ἀ. τρεῖς δακτύλους wanting three fingers of four cubits, Hdt. 1.60, cf. 7.117; μήτʼ ἄρʼ ὑπερβάλλων βοὸς ὁπλὴν μήτʼ ἀπολείπων Hes. Op. 489: c. inf., ὀλίγον ἀπέλιπον ἐς Ἀθήνας ἀπικέσθαι wanted but little of coming, Hdt. 7.9.αʹ; βραχὺ ἀ. διακόσιαι γενέσθαι Th. 7.70; οὐδὲν δʼ ἀπολείπετε οὕτω πολεμεῖν D. 4.40; ἡ πόλις μικρὸν ἀπέλιπεν ἔρημος εἶναι Plu. Tim. 1 .
2
inf., know how to do, οἶδʼ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδʼ ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν 7.238, cf. S. Ph. 1010, Ar. V. 376; also, to be in a condition, be able, have the power, E. Med. 664, D. 4.40; of drugs, ὅσα λεπτύνειν οἶδε Alex.Trall. Febr. 6; of a festival, οἶδε ἐκπέμπουσα δάκνειν Chor.p.124 B.; learn, ἵνʼ εἰδῇ μὴ ʼπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑψηλὸς εἶναι E. Hipp. 729.
1
Hom. downwds., neut. ἐναντίον as Adv., opposite, facing, ἐ. ὧδε κάλεσσον here to my face, Od. 17.544; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι ἐ. to look one in the face, 23.107; ἐ. προσβλέπειν τινά E. Hec. 968, etc.; γυναῖκας ἀνδρῶν μὴ βλέπειν ἐ. ib. 975: abs., D. 4.40, etc.: hence, like a Prep. c. gen., in the presence of, τῆς βουλῆς IG 1(2).91; τῶνδʼ ἐ. S. OC 1002; μαρτύρων ἐ. Ar. Ec. 448; ἐ. τοῦ παιδίου Id. Lys. 907; ἐ. ἁπάντων λέγειν Th. 6.25; ἐ. Διός Plb. 7.9.2; also neut. pl., IG 7.1779 ( Thespiae).
2
on the other side, οἱ δʼ ἑ. καθῖζον Il. 20.151; κἂν ἑ. πατάξῃ τις D. 4.40.
C
Med., hold oneself fast, cling closely, τῷ προσφὺς ἐχόμην Od. 12.433, cf. Il. 1.513, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλῃσιν Od. 5.329: mostly c. gen., hold on by, cling to, [ πέτρης] ib. 429; χερσὶν ἀώτου 9.435; βρετέων A. Th. 98 (lyr.); ἑξόμεσθά σου Ar. Pl. 101; τῆς πληγῆς ἔχεται claps his hand on the place struck, D. 4.40.
2
inf., know how to do, οἶδʼ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδʼ ἐπʼ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν 7.238, cf. S. Ph. 1010, Ar. V. 376; also, to be in a condition, be able, have the power, E. Med. 664, D. 4.40; of drugs, ὅσα λεπτύνειν οἶδε Alex.Trall. Febr. 6; of a festival, οἶδε ἐκπέμπουσα δάκνειν Chor.p.124 B.; learn, ἵνʼ εἰδῇ μὴ ʼπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑψηλὸς εἶναι E. Hipp. 729.
πλήσσω, Nic. Al. 456, present used by Hom. and Att. writers only in compd. ἐκπλ- (cf. πλήγνυμι); Att. πλήττω Arist. Ph. 224a33: fut. πλήξω A. Fr. 275, and late Prose, Philostr. VA 5.39, ( ἐπι-) Il. 23.580, ( ἐκ-) Pl. R. 436e, ( κατα-) X. Lac. 8.3: aor. ἔπληξα, Ep. πλῆξα, Il. 2.266, Hes. Th. 855, Hdt. 3.64, and later Greek, J. AJ 4.8.33, Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.233f, BGU 759.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; Dor. πλᾶξα Pi. N. 1.49; never in Att. ( E. IA 1579 is spurious) exc. in compds. ἐκ-, κατα- (qq. v.); in the simple Verb the fut. and aor. of πατάσσω or παίω are used instead, as also in LXX: pf. πέπληγα, subj. πεπλήγῃ Ar. Av. 1350, inf. πεπληγέναι X. An. 6.1.5 (dub., but read by Ath. 1.15e), part. πεπληγώς Il. 5.763, al. (also in pass. sense in late writers, LXX 2 Ch. 29.9, Plu. Luc. 31, Luc. Trag. 115, Q.S. 5.91, etc.); later perf. πέπληχα Men. Epit. 485, Sam. 86, J. AJ 4.8.33: Ep. redupl. aor. 2 ἐπέπληγον Il. 5.504, πέπληγον 23.363, Od. 8.264; inf. πεπληγέμεν Il. 16.728, 23.660; but part. πεπλήγοντες in pres. sense, Call. Jov. 53, Nonn. D. 28.327:— Med., fut. πλήξομαι ( κατα-) Plb. 4.80.2, D.H. 6.10, etc.: aor. ἐπληξάμην, Ep. πληξάμην, h.Cer. 245, Hdt. 3.14, and in late Prose, J. AJ 16.10.7, ( κατα-) Plb. 2.52.1, etc.; part. πληξάμενος Il. 16.125: Ep. aor. 2 πεπλήγετο 12.162, Od. 13.198, πεπλήγοντο Il. 18.51:— Pass., pres. πλήσσομαι Ptol. Harm. 1.1: fut. πληγήσομαι X. Cyr. 2.3.10, D. 18.263 (but in compos. ἐκ-πλᾰγήσομαι); also πεπλήξομαι E. Hipp. 894, Ar. Eq. 271, Pl. Tht. 180a: aor. ἐπλήχθην Ph. 1.39, Dsc. 1.93, Placit. 4.14.3, but mostly ἐπλήγην, Hdt. 5.120, S. OC 605, etc. (the former nowhere in Trag., exc. ἐκ-πληχθείς E. Tr. 183 (lyr.)); part. πληγείς Il. 8.12, A. Th. 608, Frr. 139, 180, Antipho 4.4.3, etc.; Dor. πλᾱγείς (v. infr. I.1a ad fin.); Aeol. πλάγεις [ᾱ] Alc. Supp. 26.3; ( ἐπλάγην [ᾰ] only in compds. ἐξ-, κατ-, of persons struck with terror or amazement): pf. πέπληγμαι Hdt. 1.41, etc.—in Att. and Trag., also LXX, the simple Verb is scarcely found exc. in fut. 2 and 3, aor. 2, and pf. Pass., but fut. Act. is used once by A., pf. 2 πέπληγα by Ar. and X. (v. supr.); Hdt. uses the Act. ( aor.) only in 3.64, 78.—The pres. πλήσσω, πλήσσομαι are unknown to Att. writers (also to LXX, exc. 4 Ma. 14.19), who use the pres. Act. and Pass. of παίω, τύπτω instead (v. sub his vv.); whereas the aor. 2 Pass. ἐπλήγην is used instead of ἐπαίσθην, ἐπατάχθην, or ἐτύφθην ( ἐτύπην): hence παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες S. Ant. 172; πότερον πρότερος ἐπλήγην ἢ ἐπάταξα Lys. 4.15; πατάξας καταβάλλω, opp. πληγεὶς κατέπεσεν, Id. 1.25,27; ὁ πληγεὶς ἀεὶ τῆς πληγῆς ἔχεται, κἂν ἑτέρωσε πατάξῃ τις, ἐκεῖσʼ εἰσὶν αἱ χεῖρες D. 4.40; ὅταν ὁ μὲν πληγῇ, ὁ δὲ πατάξῃ Arist. EN 1132a8; πατάξαι ἢ πληγῆναι Id. Rh. 1377a21; so in D. 21.33, 38 the Act. πατάξαι corresponds with the Pass. πληγῆναι in ib. 36, 39:—
III
hold before oneself so as to protect, λαιᾷ ἴτυν Tyrt. 15.3; Πηλεΐδᾳ κατʼ ὄμμα πέλταν E. Rh. 370 (lyr.); τὼ χεῖρε Ar. Ra. 201; π. τὰ ὅπλα level arms, opp. μεταβάλλεσθαι (cf. προβολή I), τὴν φάλαγγα ἐκέλευσε προβαλέσθαι τὰ ὅπλα καὶ ἐπιχωρῆσαι X. An. 1.2.17, cf. 6.5.16, Mem. 3.8.4: in pf. Pass., σάρισαν προβεβλημένος having his pike advanced, with levelled pike, D.S. 17.100; τοὺς θυρεοὺς πρὸ τῶν νώτων . . -βεβλημένοι Arr. Tact. 36.1; εἰκοσάπηχύν τινα προβεβλ. κοντόν Luc. DMort. 22[27].4; also προβεβλημένοι τοὺς θωρακοφόρους having them to cover one in front, X. Cyr. 6.3.24; π. τάφρον, ποταμόν, of a general, Plb. 1.18.3, 2.5.5; π. τῆς . . στρατοπεδείας τεῖχος Id. 1.48.10, etc.; πόλις -βεβλημένη ποταμόν Str. 11.2.17; π. τὰ θηρία πρὸ τῶν κεράτων, λογχοφόρους τῆς δυνάμεως, Plb. 3.72.9, 3.113.6: abs., stand in front, πρὸ ἀμφοῖν προβεβλημένος standing so as to cover both, X. An. 4.2.21, cf. Cyr. 2.3.10: c. gen., τούτου προβέβληται Πολύευκτος D. 21.139; προβάλλεσθαι ἢ ἐναντίον βλέπειν οὔτʼ οἶδεν οὔτʼ ἐθέλει Id. 4.40; προαίρεσις τῆς πολιτείας προβεβλημένη a guarded policy, Id. 19.27; πρὸς ἅπαντας -βεβλημένος on oneʼs guard against, Plu. Dio 9:— Pass., ἱππῆς προβέβληνται πρὸ τοῦ δεξιοῦ κέρως Arr. Tact. 36.2; κράνη πρὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς π. ib. 34.3.
box, spar, X. Lac. 4.6, D. 4.40; οὕτω πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων 1 Ep.Cor. 9.26; π. καὶ παγκρατιάζειν Pl. Grg. 456d; περὶ τεοῦς Ἑρμᾶς ποτʼ Ἄρευα π. Corinn. 11; ἐς σὸν κρᾶτα π. strike with the fist on the head, E. Cyc. 229: generally, fight, ξιφήρη π. Hld. 10.31; of gladiators, Rev.Arch. 30(1929).24 ( Gortyn):— Med., πεπύκτευται αὐτόν Philostr. Im. 2.19.
to-day, Il. 7.30, Od. 17.186, E. Rh. 683, PHib. 1.65.13 (iii B.C.), SIG 1181.11 ( Rhenea, ii B.C.), Ev.Matt. 27.19, etc.; Dor. σάμερον [ᾱ] Pi. O. 6.28, P. 4.1; Att. τήμερον Cratin. 123, Ar. Eq. 68, etc., cf. Moer. p.364P. (though σήμερον is sts. found in Com., Hermipp. 80, Philem. 121); εἰς τ. Pl. Smp. 174a; τὸ τ. ib. 176e; τὸ τ. εἶναι to-day, Id. Cra. 396e; ἡ τ. ἡμέρα D. 4.40; also in the form τήμερα Ar. Fr. 401 (s.v.l.), cf. 296. (Prob. fr. κy ᾱμερον, containing stem kyo- ‘this’, cf. Lith. šis ‘this’, Lat. ci-tra: σήμερον ( τήμερον) is to ἡμέρα as σῆτες ( τῆτες) to ἔτος.)