A.strike out of, drive away from, expel, “ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου τὴν αἰδῶ” A.Pr.134 ; ὃς (sc. κεραυνὸς) αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν.. κομπασμάτων ib.362, cf. E.Ion635: abs.,drive away, “ἡ τέρψις τὸ λυπηρὸν ἐκπλήσσει” Th.2.38 ; φόβος μνήμην ἐ. ib.87.
II. drive out of one's senses by a sudden shock, amaze, astound, Od.18.231 (tm.) ; “κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες ἐ. τινάς” Aeschin.1.134 ; “ὁ φόβος ἐκπλήσσων..” Antipho 2.1.7 ; “κακοὶ εὐτυχοῦντες ἐκπλήσσουσί με” Trag.Adesp. 465 ; ὅ μ᾽ ἐκπλήσσει λόγου frightens me in speaking, E.Or.549 :— in this sense most freq. in aor. 2 Pass., Ep. ἐξεπλήγην (v. infr.), Att. ἐξεπλάγην [α^] (also aor. I “ἐξεπλήχθην” Id.Tr.183 : pf. part. “ἐκπεπληγμένος” A.Pers.290, S.Tr.386, etc.); to be panic-struck, amazed, esp. by fear, “ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας” Il.16.403, cf. 13.394 ; “ἡνίοχοι ἔκπληγεν” 18.225 : c. part., “ἐκπεπληγμένον κεῖνον βλέποντες” S.OT 922, cf. Ant.433, etc.; ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι to be astonished at a thing, Hdt.1.116, etc. ; “ὑπό τινος” Id.3.64 ; “διά τι” Th.7.21 ; “ἐπί τινι” X.Cyr. 1.4.27 ; “πρός τι” Plu.Thes.19, etc.: also c.acc., ἐκπλαγῆναί τινα to be struck with panic fear of.., S.Ph.226,El.1045 ; “ἡμᾶς δ᾽ ἂν..μάλιστα ἐκπεπληγμένοι εἶεν” Th.6.11, cf.3.82.
2. generally, of any sudden, overpowering passion, to be struck with desire, Ar.Pl.673 ; with love, E.Hipp.38, Med.8 ; χαρᾷ, ἡδονῇ, A.Ch.233, S.Tr.629 ; with admiration, Hdt.3.148, etc.: c.acc.rei, “ἐκπλαγέντα τὰ προκείμενα ἀγαθά” Id.9.82.
3. εἰς ὁμολογίαν ἐκπλήττειν frighten one into.., f.l. in Plb. 23.4.11.
