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ἐκπλήσσω

ekplesso

strike out of, drive away from, expel

Appears 34 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐκπλήσσω, Att. ἐκπλήττω, A. strike out of, drive away from, expel, ἐκ δʼ 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 oneʼs 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 μʼ ἐκπλήσσει λόγου frightens me in speaking, E. Or. 549 :— in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep. ἐξεπλήγην (v. infr.), Att. ἐξεπλάγην [ᾰ] (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 δʼ 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.
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