πλήσσω

πλήσσω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: often (in pres. in the older language always) with prefix in diff. senses, e.g. ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-, `to strike, to slap, to thrust, to hit', pass. `to be beaten, thrust, hit, struck' (ἐκ- πλήσσω `to startle', ἐπι- πλήσσω usu. `to criticize, to scold', παρα- πλήσσω in pass. `to become crazy' etc.).

Other forms: Att. -ττω (ἐκ-πλήγνυμαι Th.), aor. πλῆξαι (Il.), Dor. πλᾶξαι, redupl. (ἐ-)πέπληγον (Hom.), pass. πληγῆναι (Il.), Dor. Aeol. πλᾱγῆναι, with prefix -πλᾰγῆναι (IA.), πληχθῆναι (E., late), fut. πλήξω (Il.), pass. πληγήσομαι, -πλᾰγήσομαι (Att.), perf. πέπληγα (Il.: πεπληγώς), πέπληχα (hell.), pass. πέπληγμαι (IA.),

Compounds: As 1. member in governing compp., e.g. πλήξ-ιππος `flogging horses' (ep. poet.Il.).

Derivatives: Several derivv. Nom. actionis: 1. πληγή, Dor. πλαγά f. `hit, wound etc.' (Il.). 2. πλήγανον βακτηρία, πληγάς δρέπανον H. 3. πλῆγ-μα n. = πληγή (S., E., Arist.), -μός m. `id.' (medic., κατά- πλήσσω LXX). 4. ἀπό-, ἔκ-, ἔμ-, ἐπί-, κατά-πληξις f. `apoplexy, concussion etc.' (IA.); πλῆξις, Dor. πλᾶξις f. `striking' (Ti. Locr.). Nom. agentis a. instr. 5. πλῆκτρον, Dor. πλᾶκτρον n. `instrument for striking, mallet' (h. Hom., Pi.). 6. πληκτήρ m. `id.' (Hdn. Gr.); πλακτήρ τὸ τοῦ ἀλεκτρυόνος πλῆκτρον H.; πλάκτωρ m. (Dor.) `striker' (AP), πλήκτης m. `id.' (Hp., Arist.), ἐπι- πλήσσω `blamer, castigator' (Gloss.), -πλήκτειρα f. `who drives on' (AP). Adj., mostly as 2. member: 7. -πληξ, e.g. παραπλήξ, -γος `stricken sideways' (ε 418), `crazy' (IA.), `paralyzed' (Hp.) with -ηγία, -ηγικός (Hp.), οἰστρο-πλήξ `stung by a gadfly' (trag.); πλήξ as simplex only as designation. of a bandage (Sor.); 8. -πληκτος, e.g. ἀπόπληκτος `stirred by strikes' with -ηξίη, -ία (IA.); 9. ἐκ-, κατα-πλαγής `startled' (Plb., Luc.). 10. πληκτικός `striking, hitting' (Pl.; Chantraine Études 134 a. 138), ἐκπληκτι-κός (Th.) a.o. Verb 11. πληκτίζομαι `to fight' (Φ 499 a.o.), most `to dally' (Ar., Herod.) with -ισμός m. (AP), prob. rather enlargement of the primary verb (cf. λακτίζω and Schwyzer 706) than from a nominal τ-deriv.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [832] *pleh₂k\/g- `beat'

Etymology: With the primary yot-present πλήσσω from *πλᾱκ-ι̯ω agrees a Slav. word for `weep, lament' (prop. `beat one's breast'), e.g. OCS plačǫ (sę), Russ. pláču; to this the verbal noun Lith. plókis m. `blow, stroke'. Final media as in πλᾱγ-ά̄, πληγ-ή a.o. is also found in Germ., e.g. OE flōcan `clap approval', Goth. redupl. pret. faí-flokun 'ἐκόπτοντο', OHG fluohhon `curse' (IE *plāg-). The zero grade in πλᾰγ-ηναι (with sec. short α) is also represented in the nasalized πλάζω (with Lat. plangō); beside it with -k- Lith. plakù, plàkti `beat, chastise'. Beside these forms going back on IE *plāk-, plāg- [but not *plak-, plag-!] stand with deviating vocalism Lith. plíek-iu, -ti `beat, whip' (cross with an other verb?), Lat. plectō, -ere `punish, chastise' (ē or ĕ). -- Connection with the group of πλάξ (prop. `beat broadly'?) may be considered. Further forms w. rich lit. WP. 2, 91 ff., Pok. 832f., W.-Hofmann s. 2. plectō, Vasmer s. plákatь, Fraenkel s. plíekti 2. On the perf. πέπληγα against τύπτω, πατάξαι s. Bloch Suppl. Verba 83ff.

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