κατα-πλήσσω · kata-plēssō — LSJ
strike down, strike with amazement, astound, terrify, tax, browbeat, bully, to be panic-stricken, astounded, to be amazed at, abject terror
strike down, τινὸς εἰς τὴν κατακλεῖδα [ξίφος] PMag.Par. 1.300: usu. metaph., strike with amazement, astound, terrify, κατέπλησσεν ἐπὶ τὸ φοβεῖσθαι Th. 2.65; ὁ φόβος κ. τὰς ψυχάς X. Cyr. 3.1.25; καταπλήξειν ᾤετο τὸν δῆμον D. l.c.; κ. τοὺς ἀκροατάς, of orators, Arist. Rh. 1408a25; -πλῆξαί τινα τῇ προδοσίῃ tax him with his treachery, Hdt. 8.128 (v.l. -πλέξαι); browbeat, bully, POxy. 237 viii 10 (ii A. D.):—Med., -πλήξασθαι τοὺς ὑπεναντίους Plb. 3.89.1, cf. D.S. 11.77, Jul. Or. 6.191a, etc.:—Pass.,