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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Greek Monolingual

(ΑΜ κεραυνοβολῶ, -έω) κεραυνοβόλος
1. εξακοντίζω κεραυνό, κεραυνώνω
2. μτφ. πέφτω απότομα σαν κεραυνός
νεοελλ.
καταπλήσσω, αποσβολώνω, αφήνω κάποιον άναυδο.