πλήσσω

πλήσσω, Nic.Al.456, present used by Hom. and [dialect] Att. writers only in compd. ἐκπλ- (cf. πλήγνυμι); [dialect] Att. [full] πλήττω Arist.Ph.224a33: [tense] fut.

A

πλήξω A.Fr.275

, and late Prose, Philostr.VA5.39, ([etym.] ἐπι-) Il.23.580, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Pl.R.436e, ([etym.] κατα-) X.Lac.8.3: [tense] aor. ἔπληξα, [dialect] 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.; [dialect] Dor.

πλᾶξα Pi.N.1.49

; never in [dialect] Att. (E.IA1579 is spurious) exc. in compds. ἐκ-, κατα- (qq. v.); in the simple Verb the [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. of πατάσσω or παίω are used instead, as also in LXX: [tense] pf. πέπληγα, subj.

πεπλήγῃ Ar.Av.1350

, inf.

πεπληγέναι X.An.6.1.5

(dub., but read by Ath.1.15e), part.

πεπληγώς Il.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 [tense] perf.

πέπληχα Men.Epit.485

, Sam.86, J.AJ4.8.33: [dialect] Ep. redupl. [tense] aor. 2

ἐπέπληγον Il.5.504

,

πέπληγον 23.363

, Od.8.264; inf.

πεπληγέμεν Il.16.728

, 23.660; but part. πεπλήγοντες in [tense] pres. sense, Call.Jov.53, Nonn.D.28.327:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. πλήξομαι ([etym.] κατα-) Plb.4.80.2, D.H.6.10, etc.: [tense] aor. ἐπληξάμην, [dialect] Ep. πληξάμην, h.Cer.245, Hdt.3.14, and in late Prose, J.AJ16.10.7, ([etym.] κατα-) Plb.2.52.1, etc.; part.

πληξάμενος Il.16.125

: [dialect] Ep. [tense] aor. 2

πεπλήγετο 12.162

, Od.13.198,

πεπλήγοντο Il.18.51

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pres.

πλήσσομαι Ptol.Harm.1.1

: [tense] fut.

πληγήσομαι X.Cyr.2.3.10

, D.18.263 (but in compos. ἐκ-πλᾰγήσομαι); also

πεπλήξομαι E.Hipp.894

, Ar.Eq.271, Pl.Tht.180a: [tense] aor.

ἐπλήχθην Ph.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-πληχθείς E.Tr.183

(lyr.)); part.

πληγείς Il.8.12

, A.Th.608, Frr.139, 180, Antipho4.4.3, etc.; [dialect] Dor. πλᾱγείς (v. infr. 1.1a ad fin.); [dialect] Aeol. πλάγεις [ᾱ] Alc.Supp.26.3; (ἐπλάγην [ᾰ] only in compds. ἐξ-, κατ-, of persons struck with terror or amazement): [tense] pf.

πέπληγμαι Hdt.1.41

, etc.—in [dialect] Att. and Trag., also LXX, the simple Verb is scarcely found exc. in [tense] fut. 2 and 3, [tense] aor. 2, and [tense] pf. [voice] Pass., but [tense] fut. [voice] Act. is used once by A., [tense] pf. 2 πέπληγα by Ar. and X. (v. supr.); Hdt. uses the [voice] Act. ([tense] aor.) only in 3.64,78.—The [tense] pres. πλήσσω, πλήσσομαι are unknown to [dialect] Att. writers (also to LXX, exc. 4 Ma.14.19), who use the [tense] pres. [voice] Act. and [voice] Pass. of παίω, τύπτω instead (v. sub his vv.); whereas the [tense] aor. 2 [voice] Pass. ἐπλήγην is used instead of ἐπαίσθην, ἐπατάχθην, or ἐτύφθην ([etym.] ἐτύπην): hence

παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες S.Ant.172

;

πότερον πρότερος ἐπλήγην ἢ ἐπάταξα Lys.4.15

; πατάξας καταβάλλω, opp. πληγεὶς κατέπεσεν, Id.1.25,27;

ὁ πληγεὶς ἀεὶ τῆς πληγῆς ἔχεται, κἂν ἑτέρωσε πατάξῃ τις, ἐκεῖσ' εἰσὶν αἱ χεῖρες D.4.40

;

ὅταν ὁ μὲν πληγῇ, ὁ δὲ πατάξῃ Arist.EN1132a8

;

πατάξαι ἢ πληγῆναι Id.Rh.1377a21

; so in D.21.33,38 the [voice] Act. πατάξαι corresponds with the [voice] Pass. πληγῆναι in ib.36,39:—strike, smite, freq. in Hom., esp. of a direct blow, opp. βάλλειν (

οὔτε πληγέντα . . , οὔτε βληθέντα Hdt.6.117

),

πλῆξεν . . κόρυθος φάλον Il.3.362

;

σκήπτρῳ δὲ μετάφρενον ἠδὲ καὶ ὤμω πλῆξεν 2.266

, cf. 16.791; πλήξας ξίφει αὐχένα ib.332;

μή τις . . ἐμὲ χειρὶ βαρείῃ πλήξῃ Od.18.57

, etc.;

ἱστὸς . . πλῆξε κυβερνήτεω κεφαλήν 12.412

: c. acc. dupl. pers. et rei, strike one on . . ,

τὸν δ' ἄορι πλῆξ' αὐχένα Il.11.240

, etc.;

τὸν . . ξίφεϊ . . κληῗδα παρ' ὦμον πλῆξ' 5.147

;

τὸν . . κατ' ἄκνηστιν μέσα νῶτα πλῆξα Od.10.162

; πὺξ πεπληγέμεν, of boxers, Il.23.660;

πλῆξ' αὐτοσχεδίην 12.192

; πεπληγὼς ἀγορῆθεν ἀεικέσσι πληγῇσιν having driven him with blows, 2.264; κῦμα . . μιν . . πλῆξεν struck him, Od.5.431;

ὦσε ποδὶ πλήξας 22.20

; ἵππω πλήξαντε [ποσὶ τὸν νεκρόν] Il.5.588;

πέπληγον χορὸν ποσίν Od.8.264

; ἵππους ἐς πόλεμον πεπληγέμεν whip on the horses to the fray, Il.16.728; of Zeus, strike with lightning, Hes. Th.855:—[voice] Med., μηρὼ πληξάμενος having smitten his thighs, Il.16.125;

καὶ ὣ πεπλήγετο μηρώ 12.162

(but

στῆθος πλήξας Od.20.17

); πλήξασθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, as a token of grief, Hdt.3.14:—[voice] 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; ἡ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη (by hail?) PPetr.2p.69 (iii B. C.): freq. in Trag.,

πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι A.Th.608

;

Διὸς πληγέντα . . πυρί E.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 . . ἠχεῖ Pl.Prt.329a

;

ὑπὸ δόρατος πλαγεὶς δι' ἀμφοτέρων τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν IG42(1).122.64

(Epid., iv B. C.): c. acc. cogn.,

πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήν A.Ag.1343

.

b sting,

πληγεῖσα ὑπὸ σκορπίου Sammelb.1267.6

(i A. D.).

2 with acc. of the thing set in motion, κονίσαλον ἐς οὐρανὸν ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων struck the dust up to heaven, Il.5.504; Ζεὺς ἐπ' Ἴδᾳ πλᾶξε κεραυνόν (for Ἴδαν πλᾶξε κεραυνῷ) Pi.N.10.71:—[voice] Pass., πλήσσονται λινέαις ὄρτυγες ἐν νεφέλαις are dashed against the nets, Call.Aet.3.1.37.

3 strike or stamp as one does a coin, Κύπριος χαρακτὴρ . . ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις . .

πέπληκται A.Supp.283

.

4 of musical sounds,

οὑτωσὶ πληγέντα οὕτως ἐφθέγξατο τὰ φωνήεντα Plot.3.3.5

.

II metaph. in [voice] Pass., receive a blow, to be heavily defeated, Hdt.5.120, 8.130, Th.4.108, 8.38; to be stricken by misfortune,

συμφορῇ πεπληγμένον Hdt.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 πεπλαγμένους Id.Th.896

(lyr.);

φθινάσιν πληγεῖσα νόσοις S.Ant.819

(anap.).

2 to be smitten emotionally,

ἱμέρῳ πεπληγμένοι A.Ag.544

; also πληγέντες δώροισι touched by bribes, Hdt.8.5;

ἐξ ἔρωτος Hermesian. 7.42

;

τὴν καρδίαν πληγεὶς ὑπὸ λόγων Pl.Smp.218a

, etc.

3 [voice] Act. of wines, when smelt or drunk, overpower,

τὴν κεφαλήν Gal.18(2).568

, 15.672; shock,

κατασεισμὸς πλήσσει [τινὰ] βιαίως Sor.1.72

:— [voice] Pass.,

πληττομένη ἡ μήτρα Id.2.59

. (Cf. πλάζω, Lat.plango, Goth. faiflōkun (redupl.) 'they beat their breasts'.)