πληγή
Alt. πληγή, doricπλα_γά, ἡ,
Etym. πλήσσω
1. "a blow, stroke", Lat. plaga, Hom., etc.; πληγὴν πέπληγμαι καιρίαν Aesch.; in such phrases πληγήν or πληγάς is often omitted, πολλὰς τυπτόμενος Ar., etc.:—the person struck is said πληγὰς λαβεῖν id=Ar.; the striker πληγὰς δοῦναι, ἐμβάλλειν, ἐντείνειν τινί Xen.
2. "a stroke by lightning", Hes.: "a blow, stroke of calamity", Aesch.; πλ. θεοῦ "a blow" from heaven, Soph.