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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[thunderbolt]], νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. <span class="bibl">Od.23.330</span>; <b class="b3">βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ</b>. <span class="bibl">14.305</span>; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ <span class="bibl">12.416</span>; esp. as weapon of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>854</span>, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.<span class="bibl">141</span>; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1538</span>; καταιβάτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>361</span>; [[πυρωπός]] ib.<span class="bibl">668</span>; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>445</span>; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>922</span>; κ. ἀργής <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1747</span> (anap.); [[πτερόεις]] ib.<span class="bibl">576</span>; κεραυνοῦ βέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>453</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1088</span>; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>395</span>; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1714</span>; <b class="b3">κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς</b>... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>31</span>: pl., [[κεραυνοί]] [[thunderbolts]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>690</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.46U.</span>; <b class="b3">ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>823</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>125</span>; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>80c</span>; defined as <b class="b3">ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς</b>, i.e. [[thunder]] and [[lightning]], Zeno Stoic.1.34. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν</b>, of [[Pericles]], <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>10; [[τύπτειν]] κεραυνός a [[thunderbolt]] for [[striking]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.4</span>; [[Κεραυνός]], as a name of great soldiers, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arist.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> title of Zeus, <span class="title">IG</span> 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), <span class="title">Rev.Arch.</span>40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. [[κεραΐζω]].)</span>

|elnltext=κεραυνός, -οῦ, ὀ [~ κεραϊζω] bliksem, bliksemschicht; overdr.: κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώσσῃ φέρειν bliksem op zijn tong hebben (= vuur spuwen ) Plut. Per. 8.4.

|sltr=[[κεραυνός]] (ός, -οῦ, -ῷ, -όν.) [[thunderbolt]], [[weapon]] of [[Zeus]]. ἀποθανοῖσα βρόμῳ κεραυνοῦ Σεμέλα (O. 2.26) καὶ πυρπάλαμον [[βέλος]] ὀρσικτύπου [[Διός]], ἐν ἅπαντι [[κράτει]] αἴθωνα κεραυνὸν ἀραρότα (O. 10.) 83. καὶ τὸν αἰχματὰν κεραυνὸν σβεννύεις (P. 1.5) [[αἴθων]] δὲ κεραυνὸς ἐνέσκιμψεν [[μόρον]] (P. 3.58) Κρονίδαν, βαρυόπαν στεροπᾶν κεραυνῶν τε πρύτανιν (P. 6.24) δμᾶθεν δὲ κεραυνῷ τόξοισί τ' Ἀπόλλωνος (P. 8.17) ὁ δ' Ἀμφιαρεῖ σχίσσεν κεραυνῷ παμβίᾳ [[Ζεύς|Ζεὺς]] τὰν βαθύστερνον χθόνα (N. 9.24) [[Ζεύς|Ζεὺς]] δ' ἐπ Ἴδᾳ πυρφόρον πλᾶξε ψολόεντα κεραυνόν (N. 10.71) ὃς κεραυνοῦ τε κρέσσον [[ἄλλο]] [[βέλος]] διώξει χερὶ τριόδοντός τ' ἀμαιμακέτου (I. 8.34) “χθόνα [[τοί]] ποτε καὶ στρατὸν ἀθρόον πέμψαν κεραυνῷ τριόδοντί τε ἐς τὸν βαθὺν Τάρταρον” ''[[sc.]]'' [[Zeus]] and [[Poseidon]] Πα.… [[ἀλλά]] μιν Κρόνου παῖ[δες] κεραυνῷ χθόν' ἀνοιξάμενοι ἔκρυψαν (Pae. 8.73) ἐν δ ὁ παγκρατὴς κεραυνὸς ἀμπνέων [[πῦρ]] κεκίνη[ται Δ. 2. 1. [[πῦρ]] πνέοντος ἅ τε κεραυνοῦ [[ἄγχιστα]] (sc. ἡμένη. i. e. Athene) fr. 146. [[test]]., Quint., Inst., 8. 6. 71; Herculis impetum adversus Meropas — non igni nec ventis nec mari sed fulmini dicit similem fuisse. quod testimonium ad fr. 33a. trahendum esse vid. Lobel. fr. 33a = fr. 50 Schr.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[thunderbolt]], [[lightning]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">τερπι-κέραυνος</b> (s. v.), <b class="b3">ἐγχει-κέραυνος</b> [[who has the thunderbolt as spear]] (Pi.; after <b class="b3">ἐγχει-βρόμος</b> [[who thunders with the spear]]), also <b class="b3">κεραυνο-εγχής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (B.).<br />Derivatives: [[κεραύνιος]] [[belonging to the thunderbolt]], also <b class="b2">struck by a th., hurling the th.</b> (trag.), also [[κεραυναῖος]] (AP 7, 49; Steph. <b class="b3">-ειος</b>); [[κεραύνιον]] name of a mushroom [[Tuber aestivum]] (Thphr., Gal.), as protecting against the th. or arisen from a th.; thus [[κεραυνία]] = <b class="b3">ἀείζῳον μικρόν</b> (Ps.-Dsc.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 79f.; also name of a stone like [[κεραυνίας]], <b class="b3">-νίτης</b> (PHolm., Clem.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 55). Denomin. verb [[κεραυνόομαι]], <b class="b3">-όω</b> <b class="b2">be struck by a th.</b>, resp. <b class="b2">slay with a th.</b> (Hes.); [[κεραύνωσις]] [[thunderstroke]] (Str., Plu.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [578] <b class="b2">*ḱerh₂-</b> [[shatter]], [[smash]]<br />Etymology: Thematic transformation of an [[r-n-]]noun <b class="b3">*κερα-Ϝαρ</b>, <b class="b3">κερα-υν-</b> [[shattering]] from a lost verb [[shatter]], which was supplanted by [[κεραΐζω]] (s. v.); on the formation s. [[ἐλαύνω]] and Schwyzer 521. - (Not here Skt. [[śáru-]] [[arrow]] and Germ., e. g. Goth. [[haírus]] [[sword]] (Bq).