plēssomō

πλήσσω,
Refs 8th c.BC+; Attic dialect πλήττω Refs 4th c.BC+: future πλήξω Refs 8th c.BC+aorist ἔπληξα, Epic dialect πλῆξα, Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect πλᾶξα Refs 5th c.BC+; never in Attic dialect Refs 5th c.BC+; in the simple Verb the future and aorist of πατάσσω or παίω are used instead, as also in Refsperfect πέπληγα, subjunctive πεπλήγῃ Refs 5th c.BC+, infinitive πεπληγέναι Refs 5th c.BC+ (uncertain, but read by Refs 2nd c.AD+, participle πεπληγώς Refs 8th c.BC+ (also in passive sense in late writers, LXX+1st c.AD+; later perfect πέπληχα Refs 4th c.BC+: Epic dialect reduplicate aorist 2 ἐπέπληγον Refs 8th c.BC+; infinitive πεπληγέμεν Refs 8th c.BC+; but participle πεπλήγοντες in present sense, Refs 3rd c.BC+ —middle, future πλήξομαι (κατα-) Refs 2nd c.BC+aorist ἐπληξάμην, Epic dialect πληξάμην, Refs 5th c.BC+, and in late Prose, Refs 2nd c.BC+; participle πληξάμενος Refs 8th c.BC+: Epic dialect aorist 2 πεπλήγετο Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, present πλήσσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+: future πληγήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+; also πεπλήξομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐπλήχθην Refs 5th c.BC+ (the former nowhere in Trag., except ἐκ-πληχθείς Refs 5th c.BC+; participle πληγείς Refs 8th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect πλάγεις [ᾱ] Refs 7th c.BC+; (ἐπλάγην [ᾰ] only in compounds ἐξ-, κατ-, of persons struck with terror or amazement): perfect πέπληγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+—in Attic dialect and Trag., also LXX, the simple Verb is scarcely found except in future 2 and 3, aorist 2, and perfect passive, but future active is used once by Refs 4th c.BC+, perfect Refs 5th c.BC+ —The _present_ πλήσσω, πλήσσομαι are unknown to Attic dialect writers (also to LXXpresent active and passive of παίω, τύπτω instead (see. entry his vv.); whereas the aorist 2 passive ἐπλήγην is used instead of ἐπαίσθην, ἐπατάχθην, or ἐτύφθην (ἐτύπην): hence παίσαντές τε καὶ πληγέντες Refs 5th c.BC+; πατάξας καταβάλλω, opposed to πληγεὶς κατέπεσεν, Refs 4th c.BC+active πατάξαι corresponds with the passive πληγῆναιRefs:—strike, smite, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; πλήξας ξίφει αὐχέναRefs 8th c.BC+: with accusative double person et of things, strike one on.., τὸν δ᾽ ἄορι πλῆξ᾽ αὐχένα Refs 8th c.BC+; πὺξ πεπληγέμεν, of boxers, Refs 8th c.BC+; πεπληγὼς ἀγορῆθεν ἀεικέσσι πληγῇσιν having driven him with blows, Refs; κῦμα.. μιν.. πλῆξεν struck him, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἵππω πλήξαντε [ποσὶ τὸν νεκρόν] Refs 8th c.BC+; ἵππους ἐς πόλεμον πεπληγέμεν whip on the horses to the fray, Refs 8th c.BC+; of Zeus, strike with lightning, Refs 8th c.BC+ —middle, μηρὼ πληξάμενος having smitten his thighs, Refs 8th c.BC+; πλήξασθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, as a token of grief, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be struck, smitten, πληγέντε κεραυνῷ stricken by lightning, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a ship, Διὸς πληγεῖσα κ. Refs 8th c.BC+; of a tree, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἡ κριθὴ ἐπλήγη (by hail?) Refs 3rd c.BC+: frequently in Trag., πληγεὶς θεοῦ μάστιγι Refs 5th c.BC+; πληγείς τινος stricken by a man, Refs; ἔβραχε θύρετρα πληγέντα κληῗδι touched by the key, Refs 8th c.BC+: with accusative cognate, πέπληγμαι καιρίαν πληγήν Refs 4th c.BC+
b sting, πληγεῖσα ὑπὸ σκορπίου Refs 1st c.AD+
2 with accusative of the thing set in motion, κονίσαλον ἐς οὐρανὸν ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων struck the dust up to heaven, Refs 8th c.BC+; Ζεὺς ἐπ᾽ Ἴδᾳ πλᾶξε κεραυνόν (for Ἴδαν πλᾶξε κεραυνῷ) Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, πλήσσονται λινέαις ὄρτυγες ἐν νεφέλαις are dashed against the nets, Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 strike or stamp as one does a coin, Κύπριος χαρακτὴρ.. ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις.. πέπληκται Refs 4th c.BC+
4 of musical sounds, οὑτωσὶ πληγέντα οὕτως ἐφθέγξατο τὰ φωνήεντα Refs 3rd c.AD+
II metaphorically in passive, receive a blow, to be heavily defeated, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be stricken by misfortune, συμφορῇ πεπληγμένον Refs 5th c.BC+; στρατὸν τοσοῦτον πέπληγμαι I am smitten in so great a host, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 to be smitten emotionally, ἱμέρῳ πεπληγμένοι Refs 4th c.BC+; also πληγέντες δώροισι touched by bribes, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 active of wines, when smelt or drunk, overpower, τὴν κεφαλήν Refs 2nd c.AD+; shock, κατασεισμὸς πλήσσει [τινὰ] βιαίως Refs 2nd c.AD+:— passive, πληττομένη ἡ μήτρα Refs Latin plango, Gothic faiflōkun (reduplicate) 'they beat their breasts'.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.