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κατα-πληκτικός

kataplektikos

striking, astonishing

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What it meant

κατα-πληκτικός · kata-plēktikos — LSJ

striking, astonishing, terrible

striking, astonishing, εὐπρόσωπος καὶ κ. Macho ap. Ath. 13.578c; εὐπρέπεια κ. Phld. Hom. p.58O.; terrible, προσβολαί Plb. 3.13.6; πρόσοψις, διήγησις, κραυγή, Id. 3.114.4, 4.28.6, 11.16.2; τὰ εἰς πόλεμον κ. D.S. 2.16; but expressly opp. φοβερός in Muson. Fr. 33p.122H. (nisi leg. καταλλακτικός). Adv. -κῶς Plb. 3.41.3, D.S. 3.35, etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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