ἐκπλήσσω,
Attic dialect ἐκπλήττω, strike out of, drive away from, expel, ἐκ δ᾽ ἔπληξέ μου τὴν αἰδῶ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 134 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὃς (i.e. κεραυνὸς) αὐτὸν ἐξέπληξε τῶν.. κομπασμάτων[[ [prev. work] 362, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 635 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely,drive away, ἡ τέρψις τὸ λυπηρὸν ἐκπλήσσει [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.38; φόβος μνήμην ἐ. [prev. work] 87. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II drive out of one's senses by a sudden shock, amaze, astound, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.231 (tmesis); κάλλει καὶ ὥρᾳ διενεγκόντες ἐ. τινάς 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.134; ὁ φόβος ἐκπλήσσων.. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.7; κακοὶ εὐτυχοῦντες ἐκπλήσσουσί με “Tragica Adespota” 465 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅ μ᾽ ἐκπλήσσει λόγου frightens me in speaking, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 549:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — in this sense most frequently in aorist 2 passive, Epic dialect ἐξεπλήγην (see. below), Attic dialect ἐξεπλάγην [ᾰ] (also aorist I ἐξεπλήχθην [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 183 ] Refs]: perfect participle ἐκπεπληγμένος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 290, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 386, etc.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be panic-struck, amazed, especially by fear, ἐκ γὰρ πλήγη φρένας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.403, compare 13.394; ἡνίοχοι ἔκπληγεν 18.225 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: with participle, ἐκπεπληγμένον κεῖνον βλέποντες [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 922, compare “Ant.” 433, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκπλαγῆναί τινι to be astonished at a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116, etc.; ὑπό τινος [prev. author] 3.64; διά τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.21; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.27; πρός τι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 19, etc.: also with _accusative_, ἐκπλαγῆναί τινα] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be struck with panic fear of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 226, “El.” 1045; ἡμᾶς δ᾽ ἂν..μάλιστα ἐκπεπληγμένοι εἶεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11, compare 3.82. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]