1. πλήσσω · plēssō — Beekes
to strike, slap, thrust, hit
The corpus record
πλήσσω
plesso
to strike, slap, thrust, hit
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Distribution
- On A Wound By Premeditation 3 · 31.71/10k
- Agamemnon 6 · 7.4/10k
- Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
- Libation Bearers 3 · 5.58/10k
- On the Murder of Eratosthenes 1 · 4.16/10k
- Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 2 · 3.74/10k
- Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- Regnorum II 5 · 3.09/10k
- First Philippic 1 · 3.05/10k
- Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
- Thesmophoriazusae 2 · 2.84/10k
Densest 12 of 75 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πλήσσω · plēssō — Chantraine
Hom
3. πλήσσω · plēssō — Frisk
att
4. πλήσσω · plēssō — LSJ
struck with terror
Attestations
- πεπλήγων · peplēgōn Iliad 2.264
- πλῆξεν · plēxen Iliad 2.266
- πλῆξεν · plēxen Iliad 3.362
- πλῆξʼ · plēxʼ Iliad 5.147
- ἐπέπληγον · epeplēgon Iliad 5.504
- πλήξαντε · plēxante Iliad 5.588
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan p. 1261; entry #5059
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 934; entry #6619 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1533-1534; entry #4719 Review: Under source audit
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