ἐμπλήσσω
emplesso
strike against, fall upon or into
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐμπλήσσω, Att. ἐμπλήττω, in ἐνιπλ-:
‹ All lexicon entries I. intr., strike against, fall upon or into, c. dat., ὡς ὅτʼ ἂν ἢ κίχλαι . . ἠὲ πέλειαι ἕρκει ἐνιπλήξωσι Od. 22.469; τάφρῳ Il. 12.72; νηῒ ἐ. fall upon it, of a storm, 423: abs., dash, 1.1203, 2.602.
II. c. acc. pers., attack, 3.1297.
2. ἐ. φόβον τινί strike terror into . ., H. 3.480.
3. pf. part. Pass. ἐμπεπληγμένος, = ἄνεως, Lex.Hipp. s.h.v.; cf. ἔμπληκτος.