ἔκπαγλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to πλάγια (plágia, “sides, flanks”) and πλάζω (plázō, “to turn away from; to bewilder”) if dissimilated from *ἔκπλαγλος. According to Van Beek, all these forms belong to a substrate root *(a)ᵐplaⁿk-, and they are therefore not related to Latin plango (“to strike, beat”) and πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”).^[1]

Alternatively, may belong with πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to make solid, stiffen, freeze”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ék.pa.ɡlos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɡlos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈek.pa.ɣlos/

Adjective

ἔκπαγλος • (ékpaglos) m or f (neuter ἔκπᾰγλον); second declension

(in earlier writers) terrible, violent
(in later writers) marvelous, wondrous

Declension

Second declension of ἔκπᾰγλος; ἔκπᾰγλον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἔκπᾰγλος ékpăglos		ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō	ἔκπᾰγλοι ékpăgloi		ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpăglă
Genitive	ἐκπᾰ́γλου ekpắglou		ἐκπᾰ́γλου ekpắglou	ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin		ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin	ἐκπᾰ́γλων ekpắglōn		ἐκπᾰ́γλων ekpắglōn
Dative	ἐκπᾰ́γλῳ ekpắglōi		ἐκπᾰ́γλῳ ekpắglōi	ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin		ἐκπᾰ́γλοιν ekpắgloin	ἐκπᾰ́γλοις ekpắglois		ἐκπᾰ́γλοις ekpắglois
Accusative	ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon		ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō	ἐκπᾰ́γλους ekpắglous		ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpăglă
Vocative	ἔκπᾰγλε ékpăgle		ἔκπᾰγλον ékpăglon	ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō		ἐκπᾰ́γλω ekpắglō	ἔκπᾰγλοι ékpăgloi		ἔκπᾰγλᾰ ékpăglă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐκπᾰ́γλως ekpắglōs			ἐκπᾰγλότερος ekpăglóteros			ἐκπᾰγλότᾰτος ekpăglótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐκπαγλέομαι (ekpagléomai)
ἐκπαγλότης (ekpaglótēs)

Descendants

Greek: έκπαγλος (ékpaglos)

References

^ van Beek, Lucien (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 451-452

“ἔκπαγλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἔκπαγλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἔκπαγλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἔκπαγλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
“ἔκπαγλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἔκπαγλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- amazing idem, page 26.
- astonishing idem, page 48.
- extraordinary idem, page 297.
- marvellous idem, page 516.
- monstrous idem, page 539.
- phenomenal idem, page 610.
- prodigious idem, page 644.
- remarkable idem, page 692.
- strange idem, page 823.
- stupendous idem, page 829.
- vast idem, page 945.
- wonderful idem, page 987.

[1] van Beek, Lucien (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 451-452

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