ἔκπληξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκπλήσσω (ekplḗssō, “to drive out one's senses by a sudden shock”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix), from ἐκ (ek, “out of”) +‎ πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, to smite”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ék.plɛːk.sis/ → /ˈek.plik.sis/ → /ˈek.plik.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.plɛːk.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ple̝k.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.plik.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.plik.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.plik.sis/

Noun

ἔκπληξῐς • (ékplēxis) f (genitive ἐκπλήξεως); third declension

1. Consternation, terror.
   1. Mental disturbance, passion.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκπληξῐς; τῆς ἐκπλήξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκπληξῐς hē ékplēxis	τὼ ἐκπλήξει tṑ ekplḗxei	αἱ ἐκπλήξεις hai ekplḗxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκπλήξεως tês ekplḗxeōs	τοῖν ἐκπληξέοιν toîn ekplēxéoin	τῶν ἐκπλήξεων tôn ekplḗxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκπλήξει têi ekplḗxei	τοῖν ἐκπληξέοιν toîn ekplēxéoin	ταῖς ἐκπλήξεσῐ / ἐκπλήξεσῐν taîs ekplḗxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκπληξῐν tḕn ékplēxin	τὼ ἐκπλήξει tṑ ekplḗxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκπλήξεις tā̀s ekplḗxeis
Vocative	ἔκπληξῐ ékplēxi	ἐκπλήξει ekplḗxei	ἐκπλήξεις ekplḗxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐκπληξία (ekplēxía)

 

References

• “ἔκπληξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press