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ἐκπλήσσω , Att. ἐκπλήρ-ττω ,
II. drive out of one's senses by a sudden shock, amaze, astound, Od.18.231 (tm.) ; “κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες . τινάςAeschin.1.134 ; “ φόβος ἐκπλήσσων..Antipho 2.1.7 ; “κακοὶ εὐτυχοῦντες ἐκπλήσσουσί μεTrag.Adesp. 465 ; 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 “ἐξεπλήχθηνId.Tr.183 : pf. part. “ἐκπεπληγμένοςA.Pers.290, S.Tr.386, etc.); to be panic-struck, amazed, esp. by fear, “ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρέναςIl.16.403, cf. 13.394 ; “ἡνίοχοι ἔκπληγεν18.225 : c. part., “ἐκπεπληγμένον κεῖνον βλέποντεςS.OT 922, cf. Ant.433, etc.; ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι to be astonished at a thing, Hdt.1.116, etc. ; “ὑπό τινοςId.3.64 ; “διά τιTh.7.21 ; “ἐπί τινιX.Cyr. 1.4.27 ; “πρός τιPlu.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 εἶενTh.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 ἀγαθάId.9.82.
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