κραταιβάτης
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
[βᾰ], ου, Dor. -τᾱς, α, ὁ,
A striding in might, epith. of Zeus, IG4.669 (Nauplia).
Greek Monolingual
κραταιβάτης, -ου, δωρ. τ. κραταιβάτας, ὁ (Α)
επιγρ. (ως επίθ. του Διός) αυτός που προχωρεί με ισχυρά βήματα, που βαδίζει δυνατά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κραται- (< κράτος) + -βάτης (< βαίνω), πρβλ. ορει-βάτης, σχοινο-βάτης.
