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ἐμπλήσσω

emplesso

strike against, fall upon

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What it meant

ἐμπλήσσω · emplēssō — LSJ

I strike against, fall upon, into, fall upon, dash

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, Arat. 423: abs., dash, A.R. 1.1203, 2.602.

II attack

c. acc. pers., attack, Id. 3.1297.

2 strike, into

ἐ. φόβον τινί strike terror into . ., Opp. H. 3.480.

3

pf. part. Pass. ἐμπεπληγμένος, = ἄνεως, Gal. Lex.Hipp. s.h.v.; cf. ἔμπληκτος.

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