ἀστεροπητής
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
A lightener, of Zeus, Il.1.580, Hes.Th.390, S.Ph.1198 (dact.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 375] ὁ, der Blitzeschleuderer, Beiname des Zeus, ἀστεροπητής Versende Iliad. 1, 580. 609. 12, 275, ἀστεροπητῇ Versende 7, 443; Soph. Phil. 1183; voc. ἀστεροπητά Luc. Tim. 1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀστεροπητής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ ἀστράπτων, ἐπὶ τοῦ Διός, Ἰλ. Α. 580, Ἡσ. Θ. 390· οὕτω καὶ παρὰ Σοφ. Φ. 1198, ἐν δακτυλικῷ στίχῳ.
