καταπλάσσειν (kataplassein)

καταπλάσσειν is an Ancient Greek form of καταπλήσσω, meaning “astound, terrify, amaze”.

It can also be a form of καταπλάσσω, “plaster over”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 27 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Hippocrates, De diaeta acutorum 11·2: … ναι καὶ κηρώματα· ἀλείφειν δὲ σκέλεα καὶ ὀσφὺν θερμῷ, καὶ λίπος ἐγκαταλείφειν· ἐπὶ δὲ ὑποχόνδρια λίνου σπέρμα καταπλάσσειν ἕως μαζῶν· ἀκμαζούσης δὲ τῆς περιπλευμονίης, ἀβοήθητον μὴ ἀνακαθαιρομένου, καὶ πονηρὸν ἢν δύσπνοος ᾖ, καὶ οὖρ …

All forms of καταπλήσσω (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.