ἔκπληξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκπλήσσω (ekplḗssō, “to drive out one's senses by a sudden shock”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix), from ἐκ (ek, “out of”) +‎ πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike, to smite”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(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 • (ékplēxĭs) f (genitive ἐκπλήξεως); third declension

consternation, terror
1. mental disturbance, passion

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκπληξῐς; τῆς ἐκπλήξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκπληξῐς hē ékplēxĭs	τὼ ἐκπλήξει tṑ ekplḗxei	αἱ ἐκπλήξεις hai ekplḗxeis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκπλήξεως tês ekplḗxeōs	τοῖν ἐκπληξέοιν toîn ekplēxéoin	τῶν ἐκπλήξεων tôn ekplḗxeōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκπλήξει tēî ekplḗxei	τοῖν ἐκπληξέοιν toîn ekplēxéoin	ταῖς ἐκπλήξεσῐ / ἐκπλήξεσῐν taîs ekplḗxesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκπληξῐν tḕn ékplēxĭn	τὼ ἐκπλήξει tṑ ekplḗxei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκπλήξεις tā̀s ekplḗxeis
Vocative	ἔκπληξῐ ékplēxĭ	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

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πλήσσω (> DER > 4. ἀπό-, ἔκ-, ἔμ-, ἐπι-, κατά-πληξις)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1220