πλήσσω, Nic. Al. 456 , present used by Hom. and Att. writers only in compd.ἐκπλ-(cf.πλήγνυμι); Att.
πλήττω
Arist. Ph. 224a33 :fut.
A.
πλήξω
A. Fr. 275
, and late Prose, Philostr. VA 5.39 , (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. AJ 4.8.33 , Plu. 2.233f , BGU 759.14
(ii A.D.), etc.; Dor.
πλᾶξα
Pi. N. 1.49
; never in Att. ( E. IA 1579 is spurious) exc. in compds.ἐκ-, κατα-(qq. v.); in the simple Verb thefut.andaor.ofπατάσσωorπαίωare used instead, as also in LXX :pf. πέπληγα, subj.
πλάγεις [ᾱ] Alc. Supp. 26.3 ; (ἐπλάγην [ᾰ] only in compds.ἐξ-, κατ-,of personsstruck with terrororamazement):pf.
πέπληγμαι
Hdt. 1.41
, etc.—in Att. and Trag., also LXX , the simple Verb is scarcely found exc. infut.
2 and 3 ,aor. 2, andpf.
Pass. , butfut.
Act. is used once by A. ,pf.
2
πέπληγαby Ar. and X. (v. supr.); Hdt. uses the Act. (aor.) only in 3.64 , 78 .—Thepres. πλήσσω, πλήσσομαιare unknown to Att. writers (also to LXX , exc. 4 Ma. 14.19 ), who use thepres.
Act. and Pass. ofπαίω, τύπτωinstead (v. sub his vv.); whereas theaor. 2
Pass.
ἐπλήγηνis used instead ofἐπαίσθην, ἐπατάχθην,orἐτύφθην(ἐτύπην): hence παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες
(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 struckthe dust up to heaven, Il. 5.504 ;Ζεὺς ἐπ' Ἴδᾳ πλᾶξε κεραυνόν(forἼδαν πλᾶξε κεραυνῷ) Pi. N. 10.71 :— Pass. ,πλήσσονται λινέαις ὄρτυγες ἐν νεφέλαις are dashedagainst the nets, Call. Aet. 3.1.37 .
3. strikeorstampas 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 Pass. ,receive a blow, to be heavily defeated,
