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πληγ-ή , Dor. πλα_γά , , (πλήσσω)
A.blow, stroke,πεπληγὼν πληγῇσινIl.2.264, etc.; “πᾶν ἑρπετὸν πληγῇ νέμεταιHeraclit.11, cf. Pl.Criti. 109b, Erasistr. ap. Ps.-Dsc.Ther.18; “ π. τοῦ τραύματοςPl.Lg.877b: freq. joined with Verbs of cogn. signf., “πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήνA.Ag.1343; “τύπτει τὰς ἴσας πληγὰς ἐμοίAr.Ra.636; τύπτεσθαι τῇ δημοσίᾳ μάστιγι ν́ πληγάς Lexap.Aeschin.1.139; “πολλὰς πληγὰς μαστιγούσθωPl.Lg.914b (but in such phrases πληγήν or πληγάς is freq. omitted, “τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμιA.Ag.1386; “τυπτόμενος πολλάςAr. Nu.972, cf. D.19.197; “ὀλίγας παῖσαιX.An.5.8.12; “μαστιγωθεὶς ὁπόσας ἂν δόξῃ τοῖς δικασταῖςPl.Lg.854d, cf. 879e, 2 Ep.Cor.11.24): the person struck is said πληγὰς λαβεῖν, Ar.Ra.673; “ὑπὸ τῶν ῥαβδούχωνTh.5.50, etc.; “πληγῶν δεῖσθαιAr.Nu.493; “πληγὴν ἔχωAnaxandr.72; “ὑπὸ τὴν π. τοῦ ἀκοντίου ὑπελθεῖνAntipho3.4.4; καιρίῃ (sc. πληγῇ)“ τετύφθαιHdt.3.64; “πληγὰς ὑπομένεινAristopho 4.6; “εἰληφέναι καὶ δεδωκέναι πληγάςD.54.14; π. ἐμβαλεῖν, ἐντείνειν τινί, X.An.1.5.11, 2.4.11, etc.; “πατάξαιPl.Grg.527d; “ἐντρίβειν τινίLuc.Ind.25, cf. Somn.14; “προστρίβεσθαιAr.Eq.5; “τὰς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πληγὰς μαστιγοῦν τιναAeschin.1.59; “πληγὴν ἐπὶ πληγῇ φέρεινPlb.2.33.6; “π. παρὰ πληγήνAr.Ra.643; πληγαῖς ζημιοῦν, κολάζειν, Th.8.74, Pl.Lg.762c, etc.; “δίκη ὕβρεως πληγῶνPHal.1.115 (iii B.C.); πληγῆς ἄρχειν strike the first blow, Antipho 4.2.2; τὰς π. στέγειν, of the shell of a tortoise, Ar.V.1295.
2. stroke by lightning, Hes.Th.857 (pl.); πλαγαὶ σιδάρου strokes of axe or sword, Pi.P.4.246, O.10(11).37; “κλυδωνίου . . πληγαῖςA.Th.796; στέρνων πλαγαί beating of breasts, S.El. 90 (anap.); π. τῶν ὀδόντων strokes from boars' tusks, X.Cyn.10.5; spearing of fish, Pl.Lg.824 (pl.); of pig-sticking,οἱ κάπροι οἱ πρὸς τὴν π . . . ὠθούμενοιId.Euthd.294d: in sg., fight with clubs, Hdt.2.63.
3. stroke or impression on the ears or eyes, Pl.Ti.67b, Plu. 2.490c, etc.; “αἱ νοήσεις τύποι ἔσονται: εἰ δὲ τοῦτο, καὶ ἐπακτοὶ καὶ πληγαίPlot.5.5.1.
4. impact of bodies, atoms, etc., Archyt.1, Epicur.Fr.308, Placit.1.4.2, Plot.3.6.19.
5. beat of the pulse, Gal.9.464.
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