κατά-πληξις · kata-plēxis — LSJ
amazement, consternation, fixation
amazement, consternation, Th. 7.42, 8.66, BGU 1209.16 (i B. C.), etc.; κ. ὀμμάτων fixation, Hp. Epid. 7.56.
2 extreme shyness
extreme shyness, Arist. MM 1193a1.
The corpus record
κατά-πληξις
kataplexis · ἡ
amazement, consternation
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Where it lives
- Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
- Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
- History 4 · 0.27/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- καταπλήξεως · kataplēxeōs Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
- κατάπληξιν · kataplēxin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6117)
- καταπλήξει · kataplēxei Septuaginta, Esdras II 3
- κατάπληξιν · kataplēxin Thucydides, History 7.24.3 (DIORISIS sentence 4905)
- κατάπληξις · kataplēxis Thucydides, History 7.42.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5035)
- κατάπληξις · kataplēxis Thucydides, History 8.1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5378)
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