πλήσσω, Nic.Al.456, present used by Hom. and Att. writers only in compd. ἐκπλ- (cf. πλήγνυμι); Att. πλήττωArist.Ph.224a33: fut.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, LXX2 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. 2ἐπέπληγονIl.5.504, πέπληγον 23.363, 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. 2πεπλήγετο 12.162, 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-πλᾰγήσομαι); 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. πλᾱγείσ (v. infr. 1.1a ad fin.); Aeol. πλάγεις [ᾱ] Alc.Supp.26.3; (ἐπλάγην [ᾰ] 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 ἢ ἐπάταξαLys.4.15; πατάξας καταβάλλω, opp. πληγεὶς κατέπεσεν,Id.1.25,27; ὁ πληγεὶς ἀεὶ τῆς πληγῆς ἔχεται, κἂν ἑτέρωσε πατάξῃ τις, ἐκεῖσ' εἰσὶν αἱ χεῖρεσD.4.40; ὅταν ὁ μὲν πληγῇ, ὁ δὲ πατάξῃArist.EN1132a8; πατάξαι ἢ 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 πλῆξεν 2.266, cf. 16.791; πλήξας ξίφει αὐχένα ib.332; μή τις ..ἐμὲ χειρὶ βαρείῃ πλήξῃOd.18.57, etc.; ἱστὸς ..πλῆξε κυβερνήτεω κεφαλήν 12.412: c. acc. dupl. pers. et rei,
with lightning, Hes.Th.855:— Med., μηρὼ πληξάμενοσ
having smitten his
thighs, Il.16.125; καὶ ὣ πεπλήγετο μηρώ 12.162 (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; ἡ 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.). 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:— 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 ..πέπληκταιA.Supp.283. 4. of musical sounds, οὑτωσὶ πληγέντα οὕτως ἐφθέγξατο τὰ φωνήενταPlot.3.3.5. 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,