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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

Greek Monolingual

η (ΑΜ κεραυνοβόλησις) κεραυνοβολώ
το χτύπημα με κεραυνό
νεοελλ.
1. αστραπιαία επίθεση εναντίον κάποιου, κεραυνοβόλα ενέργεια
2. μτφ. κατάπληξη αποσβόλωση.