The corpus record

κατα-πλήξ

kataplex · ὁ

stricken, struck

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Where it lives

Against Andocides 1 · 3.85/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

κατα-πλήξ · kata-plēx — LSJ

stricken, struck, stricken with amazement, astounded

stricken, struck, ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν Theopomp.Com. 59: usu. metaph., stricken with amazement, astounded, ὑπὸ τῶν τούτου ἁμαρτημάτων Lys. 6.50; ἄτολμος καὶ κ. Plu. Lib.educ. 2.7b; κ. καὶ περιδεής ib. Praec. 814f; μὴ ὦσιν οἱ ἵπποι καταπλῆγες Ael. NA 16.25.

2 shy, bashful

shy, bashful, opp. ἀναίσχυντος, Arist. EN 1108a34, EE 1233b28, Jul. Or. 7.233b.

3 nervous, apprehensive of

c. gen., nervous, apprehensive of, πολλῶν Plu. Fab. 14 codd.

4 fixed

Medic., fixed, ὀφθαλμός (in paralysis) Hp. Epid. 5.50.

In the wild

καταπλήξ · kataplēx Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
καταπλὴξ · kataplēx Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1108a (DIORISIS sentence 557)
καταπλῆγες · kataplēges Lysias, Against Andocides 50 (DIORISIS sentence 122)

Where it came from

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