A.terrible, violent:
I. of persons, ὧδ᾽ ἔ. ἐών, of Achilles, Il.21.589 ; πάντων ἐκπαγλότατ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, also of Achilles, 1.146, 18.170 ; of other heroes, 20.389, 21.452.
2. sts. of things, “χειμὼν ἔ.” Od.14.522 ; “ἐκπάγλοις ἐπέεσσιν” Il.15.198, Od.8.77 ; “ἔδεισεν γὰρ ἐμὴν ἔ. ἐνιπήν” 10.448, cf. 17.216.
3. mostly Adv. -λως terribly, vehemently, exceedingly, “ἐ. ἀπόλεσσαν” Il.1.268 ; “κοτέοντο” 2.223 ; ἐθέλει οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι ib.357 ; “μαίνεται” 9.238 ; “ὠδύσατ᾽ ἐ.” Od.5.340 ; “ἔχθαιρε” 11.437 ; “ὀδύρεται” 15.355 ; “αἴθεται” Hp.Mul.2.171 (“ἐκπατίως” Erot.) ; ἐ. πονέει ib.1.3 : neut. as Adv., “ἔκπαγλον ἐπεύξατο” Il.13.413, cf. Nic. Th.448, etc. ; “οὐ γὰρ ἐγώ σ᾽ ἔ. ἀεικιῶ” Il.22.256 : neut. pl., ἔκπαγλα φιλεῖν to love beyond all measure, 3.415, 5.423 ; “ἢν ἔ. χαλεφθῇ” Nic. Th.445.
II. in later Poets the word freq. signifies merely, marvellous, wondrous, “ἀνὴρ ἔ.” Pi.P.4.79 ; “σθένει ἔ.” Id.I.7(6).22 ; ἐν πόνοις ἔ. ib.6(5).54 : not freq. in Trag., ἔ. κακόν, τέρας, A.Ag.862, Ch. 548 ; “δείπνων ἀρρήτων ἔκπαγλ᾽ ἄχθη” S.El.204 (lyr.). Adv. “ἔκπαγλα” marvellously, Id.OC716 (lyr.): in early Prose only once, “ὅπλα τὰ ἐκπαγλότατα” X.Hier.11.3 ; in Com., Eup.8.14D. (Sup.). (Metath. for Ε῎κπλαγος (ἐκπλήσσω) acc. to Eust.68.18 ; perh. dissim. from Ε῎κπλαγλος.)