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ἔκπληξ-ις

ekplexis · ἡ

consternation

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Where it lives

Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k
De aere aquis et locis 2 · 2.7/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
History 15 · 1/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
Enneads 5 · 0.24/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἔκπληξ-ις · ekplēx-is — LSJ

consternation, terror caused by

consternation, ἐκπλήξιες τῆς γνώμης Hp. Aër. 16, cf. Pl. Phlb. 47a, etc.; ἔ. κακῶν terror caused by misfortunes, A. Pers. 606; ἔ. παρέχειν Antipho 5.6, Th. 4.55; ἐς ἔ. καθιστάναι, ἀγαγεῖν, Id. 6.36, Philostr.Jun. Im. 4; ἔ. ἐνέπεσεν ἀνθρώποις Th. 4.34.

II mental disturbance, passion

mental disturbance, passion, Plb. 3.81.6.

In the wild

ἔκπληξις · ekplēxis Aeschylus, Persians 606
ἐκπλήξεως · ekplēxeōs Aristotle, Ars Poetica 16
ἔκπληξις · ekplēxis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6215)
ἔκπληξις · ekplēxis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6216)
ἔκπληξιν · ekplēxin Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 335)
ἔκπληξιν · ekplēxin Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 305)

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Where it came from

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