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πλήσσω , Nic.Al.456, present used by Hom. and Att. writers only in compd. ἐκπλ- (cf. πλήγνυμι); Att. πλήττω Arist.Ph.224a33: fut.
A.πλήξωA.Fr.275, and late Prose, Philostr.VA5.39, (ἐπι-) Il.23.580, (ἐκ-) Pl.R.436e, (κατα-) X.Lac.8.3: aor. ἔπληξα, Ep. πλῆξα, Il.2.266, Hes.Th.855, Hdt.3.64, and later Greek, J.AJ4.8.33, Plu. 2.233f, BGU759.14 (ii A.D.), etc.; Dor. “πλᾶξαPi.N.1.49; never in Att. (E.IA1579 is spurious) exc. in compds. ἐκ-, κατα- (qq. v.); in the simple Verb the fut. and aor. of πατάσσω or παίω are used instead, as also in LXX: pf. πέπληγα, subj. “πεπλήγῃAr.Av.1350, inf. “πεπληγέναιX.An.6.1.5 (dub., but read by Ath.1.15e), part. “πεπληγώςIl.5.763, al. (also in pass. sense in late writers, LXX 2 Ch.29.9, Plu.Luc.31, Luc.Trag.115, Q.S.5.91, etc.); later perf. “πέπληχαMen.Epit.485, Sam.86, J.AJ4.8.33: Ep. redupl. aor. 2 “ἐπέπληγονIl.5.504, “πέπληγον23.363, Od.8.264; inf. “πεπληγέμενIl.16.728, 23.660; but part. πεπλήγοντες in pres. sense, Call.Jov.53, Nonn.D.28.327:—Med., fut. πλήξομαι κατα-) Plb.4.80.2, D.H.6.10, etc.: aor. ἐπληξάμην, Ep. πληξάμην, h.Cer.245, Hdt.3.14, and in late Prose, J.AJ16.10.7, (κατα-) Plb.2.52.1, etc.; part. “πληξάμενοςIl.16.125: Ep. aor. 2 “πεπλήγετο12.162, Od.13.198, “πεπλήγοντοIl.18.51:—Pass., pres. “πλήσσομαιPtol.Harm.1.1: fut. “πληγήσομαιX.Cyr.2.3.10, D.18.263 (but in compos. ἐκ-πλα^γήσομαι); also “πεπλήξομαιE.Hipp.894, Ar.Eq.271, Pl.Tht.180a: aor. “ἐπλήχθηνPh.1.39, Dsc.1.93, Placit.4.14.3, but mostly ἐπλήγην, Hdt.5.120, S.OC605, etc. (the former nowhere in Trag., exc. “ἐκ-πληχθείςE.Tr.183 (lyr.)); part. “πληγείςIl.8.12, A.Th.608, Frr.139, 180, Antipho4.4.3, etc.; Dor. πλα_γείς (v. infr. 1.1a ad fin.); Aeol. πλάγεις [α_] Alc.Supp.26.3; (ἐπλάγην [α^] only in compds. ἐξ-, κατ-, of persons struck with terror or amazement): pf. “πέπληγμαιHdt.1.41, etc.—in Att. and Trag., also LXX, the simple Verb is scarcely found exc. in fut. 2 and 3, aor. 2, and pf. Pass., but fut. Act. is used once by A., pf. 2 πέπληγα by Ar. and X. (v. supr.); Hdt. uses the Act. (aor.) only in 3.64,78.—The pres. πλήσσω, πλήσσομαι are unknown to Att. writers (also to LXX, exc. 4 Ma.14.19), who use the pres. Act. and Pass. of παίω, τύπτω instead (v. sub his vv.); whereas the aor. 2 Pass. ἐπλήγην is used instead of ἐπαίσθην, ἐπατάχθην, or ἐτύφθην ἐτύπην): hence “παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντεςS.Ant.172; “πότερον πρότερος ἐπλήγην ἐπάταξαLys.4.15; πατάξας καταβάλλω, opp. πληγεὶς κατέπεσεν, Id.1.25,27; “ πληγεὶς ἀεὶ τῆς πληγῆς ἔχεται, κἂν ἑτέρωσε πατάξῃ τις, ἐκεῖσ᾽ εἰσὶν αἱ χεῖρεςD.4.40; “ὅταν μὲν πληγῇ, δὲ πατάξῃArist.EN1132a8; “πατάξαι πληγῆναιId.Rh.1377a21; so in D.21.33,38 the Act. πατάξαι corresponds with the Pass. πληγῆναι in ib.36,39:—strike, smite, freq. in Hom., esp. of a direct blow, opp. βάλλειν (“οὔτε πληγέντα . . , οὔτε βληθένταHdt.6.117), “πλῆξεν . . κόρυθος φάλονIl.3.362; “σκήπτρῳ δὲ μετάφρενον ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμω πλῆξεν2.266, cf. 16.791; πλήξας ξίφει αὐχένα ib.332; “μή τις . . ἐμὲ χειρὶ βαρείῃ πλήξῃOd.18.57, etc.; “ἱστὸς . . πλῆξε κυβερνήτεω κεφαλήν12.412: c. acc. dupl. pers. et rei, strike one on . . ,τὸν δ᾽ ἄορι πλῆξ᾽ αὐχέναIl.11.240, etc.; “τὸν . . ξίφεϊ . . κληῗδα παρ᾽ ὦμον πλῆξ᾽5.147; “τὸν . . κατ᾽ ἄκνηστιν μέσα νῶτα πλῆξαOd.10.162; πὺξ πεπληγέμεν, of boxers, Il.23.660; “πλῆξ᾽ αὐτοσχεδίην12.192; πεπληγὼς ἀγορῆθεν ἀεικέσσι πληγῇσιν having driven him with blows, 2.264; κῦμα . . μιν . . πλῆξεν struck him, Od.5.431; “ὦσε ποδὶ πλήξας22.20; ἵππω πλήξαντε [ποσὶ τὸν νεκρόν] Il.5.588; “πέπληγον χορὸν ποσίνOd.8.264; ἵππους ἐς πόλεμον πεπληγέμεν whip on the horses to the fray, Il.16.728; of Zeus, strike with lightning, Hes. Th.855:—Med., μηρὼ πληξάμενος having smitten his thighs, Il.16.125; “καὶ πεπλήγετο μηρώ12.162 (but “στῆθος πλήξαςOd.20.17); πλήξασθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, as a token of grief, Hdt.3.14:—Pass., to be struck, smitten, πληγέντε κεραυνῷ stricken by lightning, Il.8.455, etc.; of a ship, “Διὸς πληγεῖσα κ.Od.12.416; of a tree, Hes.Sc.422, cf. Th.861; κριθὴ ἐπλήγη (by hail?) PPetr.2p.69 (iii B. C.): freq. in Trag., “πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγιA.Th.608; “Διὸς πληγέντα . . πυρίE.Supp.934; πληγείς τινος stricken by a man, Id.Or.497 (s.v.l.); ἔβραχε θύρετρα πληγέντα κληῗδι touched by the key, Od.21.50; “ὥσπερ τὰ χαλκία πληγέντα . . ἠχεῖPl.Prt.329a; “ὑπὸ δόρατος πλαγεὶς δι᾽ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ὀφθαλμῶνIG42(1).122.64 (Epid., iv B. C.): c. acc. cogn., “πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήνA.Ag.1343.
b. sting,πληγεῖσα ὑπὸ σκορπίουSammelb.1267.6 (i A. D.).
II. metaph. in Pass., receive a blow, to be heavily defeated, Hdt.5.120, 8.130, Th.4.108, 8.38; to be stricken by misfortune, “συμφορῇ πεπληγμένονHdt.1.41, cf. A.Ch. 31 (lyr.); στρατὸν τοσοῦτον πέπληγμαι I am smitten in so great a host, Id.Pers.1015 (lyr.); “διανταίαν δόμοισι καὶ σώμασιν πεπλαγμένουςId.Th.896 (lyr.); “φθινάσιν πληγεῖσα νόσοιςS.Ant.819 (anap.).
2. to be smitten emotionally, “ἱμέρῳ πεπληγμένοιA.Ag.544; also πληγέντες δώροισι touched by bribes, Hdt.8.5; “ἐξ ἔρωτοςHermesian. 7.42; “τὴν καρδίαν πληγεὶς ὑπὸ λόγωνPl.Smp.218a, etc.
3. Act. of wines, when smelt or drunk, overpower,τὴν κεφαλήνGal.18(2).568, 15.672; shock,κατασεισμὸς πλήσσει [τινὰ] βιαίωςSor.1.72:— Pass., “πληττομένη μήτραId.2.59. (Cf. πλάζω, Lat.plango, Goth. faiflōkun (redupl.) 'they beat their breasts'.)
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