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ἔκπαγλος

ekpaglos

terrible, violent

Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔκπαγλος, ον, Ep. and Ion. word, A. terrible, violent: I. of persons, ὧδʼ ἔ. ἐών, of Achilles, Il. 21.589 ; πάντων ἐκπαγλότατʼ ἀνδρῶν, also of Achilles, 1.146, 18.170 ; of other heroes, 20.389, 21.452. 2. sts. of things, χειμὼν ἔ. Od. 14.522 ; ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν Il. 15.198, Od. 8.77 ; ἔδεισεν γὰρ ἐμὴν ἔ. ἐνιπήν 10.448, cf. 17.216. 3. mostly Adv. -λως terribly, vehemently, exceedingly, ἐ. ἀπόλεσσαν Il. 1.268 ; κοτέοντο 2.223 ; ἐθέλει οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι ib.357 ; μαίνεται 9.238 ; ὠδύσατʼ ἐ. Od. 5.340 ; ἔχθαιρε 11.437 ; ὀδύρεται 15.355 ; αἴθεται Hp. Mul. 2.171 (ἐκπατίως Erot.) ; ἐ. πονέει ib.1.3 : neut. as Adv., ἔκπαγλον ἐπεύξατο Il. 13.413, cf. Nic. Th. 448, etc. ; οὐ γὰρ ἐγώ σʼ ἔ. ἀεικιῶ Il. 22.256 : neut. pl., ἔκπαγλα φιλεῖν to love beyond all measure, 3.415, 5.423 ; ἢν ἔ. χαλεφθῇ Nic. Th. 445. II. in later Poets the word freq. signifies merely, marvellous, wondrous, ἀνὴρ ἔ. Pi. P. 4.79 ; σθένει ἔ. Id. I. 7(6).22 ; ἐν πόνοις ἔ. ib.6(5).54 : not freq. in Trag., ἔ. κακόν, τέρας, A. Ag. 862, Ch. 548 ; δείπνων ἀρρήτων ἔκπαγλʼ ἄχθη S. El. 204 (lyr.). Adv. ἔκπαγλα marvellously, Id. OC 716 (lyr.): in early Prose only once, ὅπλα τὰ ἐκπαγλότατα X. Hier. 11.3 ; in Com., Eup. 8.14D. (Sup.). (Metath. for ἔκπλαγος (ἐκπλήσσω) acc. to Eust. 68.18 ; perh. dissim. from *ἐκπλαγλος.)
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