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ἐκπληκτ-ικός

ekplektikos

striking with consternation, astounding

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

ἐκπληκτ-ικός · ekplēkt-ikos — LSJ

striking with consternation, astounding, more surprising, startling

striking with consternation, astounding, θόρυβος Th. 8.92; ἐ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς X. Eq.Mag. 8.18 (Comp.); ἐκπληκτικώτερον more surprising or startling, Arist. Po. 1460b25: Sup., Plb. 3.4.5, Onos. 22.4.

II terribly

Adv. -κῶς terribly, D.S. 14.25 : Sup. -ώτατα Ael. NA 11.32.

2 with enthusiasm

with enthusiasm, ἀποδέξασθαί τινα Plb. 10.5.2.

In the wild

ἐκπληκτικόν · ekplēktikon Aristotle, Ars Poetica 14
ἐκπληκτικώτερον · ekplēktikōteron Aristotle, Ars Poetica 25
ἐκπληκτικός · ekplēktikos Thucydides, History 8.92.7 (DIORISIS sentence 5945)
ἐκπληκτικωτέρους · ekplēktikōterous Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander 8.18 (DIORISIS sentence 264)

Where it came from

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