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ἐκπλήσσω

ekplesso

strike out of, drive away from, expel

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Where it lives

Lovers 2 · 8.36/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
Against Diogeiton 1 · 5.91/10k
Against Zenothemis 1 · 5.28/10k
Mark 5 · 4.54/10k
On the Murder of Eratosthenes 1 · 4.16/10k
Menexenus 2 · 4.16/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 2 · 3.48/10k
Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
Against Dionysodorus 1 · 3.07/10k

Densest 12 of 66 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκπλήσσω · ekplēssō — LSJ

strike out of, drive away from, expel, drive away

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, frightens, to be panic-struck, amazed, to be astonished at, to be struck with panic fear of

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. 1 ἐξεπλήχθην Id. Tr. 183 : pf. part. ἐκπεπληγμένος A. Pers. 290, S. Tr. 386, etc.); to be panic-struck, amazed, esp. by fear

2 to be struck with desire, with love, with admiration

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 frighten

εἰς ὁμολογίαν ἐκπλήττειν frighten one into.., f.l. in Plb. 23.4.11.

In the wild

ἐκπεπληγμένη · ekpeplēgmenē Aeschylus, Persians 290
ἐξέπληξε · exeplēxe Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 360–362
ἐκπεπληγμένου · ekpeplēgmenou Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 640)
ἔκπληττε · ekplētte Aristophanes, Frogs 144
ἐξέπληττον · exeplētton Aristophanes, Frogs 961–963
ἐκπεπληγμένοι · ekpeplēgmenoi Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 300)

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