ἀστραπαῖος
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A of lightning, ἄνεμος ἀ. a wind with thunderstorms, Arist.Mete.364b30, cf. Thphr.Sign.37; τὰ ἀ. τῶν ὑδάτων thunder-showers, Plu.2.664c; Ζεὺς ἀ. Arist.Mu.401a16, Corn.ND9, IGRom.3.17 (Bithyn.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 377] blitzend, Ζεύς; von Blitzen begleitet, ἄνεμος Arist. Meteor. 2, 6, 22; νότος Theophr.; ὕδατα, Gewitterregen, Plut. 4, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀστρᾰπαῖος: -α, -ον, ὁ πρόξενος ἀστραπῶν, «ἀστραπαῖοι· ἄνεμοι πνέοντες, ἀφ’ ὧν ἀστραπαὶ γίνονται» Ἡσύχ.· ἀστραπαῖοι… διὰ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἐγγύθεν πνεῖν ψυχροί εἰσι, διὰ δὲ τὸ ψυχρὸν ἀστραπὴ γίνεται Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 2.6, 22, πρβλ. Θεοφρ. Ἀποσπ. 6.2, 8· ἀστρ. ὕδατα, βροχὴ μετ’ ἀστραπῶν, Πλούτ. 2.664D· ἒν ἐκ τῶν πολλῶν ἐπιθέτων τοῦ Διός, ἀστραπαῖός τε καὶ βρονταῖος καὶ αἴθριος κτλ. Ἀριστ. π. Κόσμ. 7.2.
