κεραυνός
κεραυνός,
ὁ,
A). thunderbolt,
νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. Od. 23.330 ;
βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ.
14.305 ;
Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ 12.416 ; esp. as weapon of Zeus,
Hes. Th. 854 , etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.
141 ;
τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός Ar. Av. 1538 ;
καταιβάτης A. Pr. 361 ;
πυρωπός ib.
668 ;
ὁ πυρφόρος κ. Id. Th. 445 ;
κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα Id. Pr. 922 ;
κ. ἀργής Ar. Av. 1747 (anap.);
πτερόεις ib.
576 ;
κεραυνοῦ βέλος A. Th. 453 (lyr.),
S. Tr. 1088 ;
ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί Ar. Nu. 395 ;
κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος Id. Av. 1714 ;
κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς .. ,
X. HG 4.7.7 ,
Plu. Lyc. 31 : pl.,
κεραυνοί thunderbolts,
Hes. Th. 690 ,
Hdt. 8.37 ,
Epicur. Ep. 2p.46U. ;
ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός;
S. El. 823 (lyr.), cf.
Ar. Pl. 125 ;
τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα Pl. Ti. 80c ; defined as
ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς, i.e.
thunder and lightning,
Zeno Stoic. 1.34 .
II). metaph.,
κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν, of Pericles,
Com.Adesp. 10 ;
τύπτειν κεραυνός a thunderbolt for striking,
Antiph. 195.4 ;
Κεραυνός, as a name of great soldiers,
Plu. Arist. 6 .
III). title of Zeus, IG 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), Rev.Arch. 40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. κεραΐζω.)
ShortDef
a thunderbolt
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Headword (normalized):
κεραυνός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κεραυνος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κεραυνός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thunderbolt</span>, <span class="quote greek">νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:330" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.330/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 23.330 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:305" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.305/canonical-url/"> 14.305 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:416" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.416/canonical-url/"> 12.416 </a> ; esp. as weapon of Zeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:854" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:854/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 854 </a>, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:141/canonical-url/"> 141 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1538" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1538/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1538 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καταιβάτης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:361/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 361 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πυρωπός</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:668" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:668/canonical-url/"> 668 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ πυρφόρος κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:445" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:445/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 445 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:922" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:922/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 922 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. ἀργής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1747" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1747/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1747 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">πτερόεις</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:576" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:576/canonical-url/"> 576 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κεραυνοῦ βέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:453" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:453/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 453 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1088" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1088/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1088 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:395" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:395/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 395 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1714" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1714/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1714 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:7:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:7:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.7.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyc.</span> 31 </a>: pl., <span class="foreign greek">κεραυνοί</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thunderbolts</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:690" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:690/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 690 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.37 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.46U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.46U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2p.46U. </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:823" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:823/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 823 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 125 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:80c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:80c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 80c </a> ; defined as <span class="foreign greek">ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thunder and lightning</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zeno Stoic.</span> 1.34 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν</span>, of Pericles, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 10 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τύπτειν κεραυνός</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a thunderbolt</span> for striking, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:195:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:195.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 195.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Κεραυνός</span>, as a name of great soldiers, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg024:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg024:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arist.</span> 6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> title of Zeus, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(2).288 </span> (Mantinea, v B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rev.Arch.</span> 40.388 </span> (Emesa). (Perh. cf. <span class="foreign greek">κεραΐζω</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}