κεραυνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[thunderbolt]], νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. <span class="bibl">Od.23.330</span>; <b class="b3">βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ</b>. <span class="bibl">14.305</span>; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ <span class="bibl">12.416</span>; esp. as weapon of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>854</span>, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.<span class="bibl">141</span>; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1538</span>; καταιβάτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>361</span>; [[πυρωπός]] ib.<span class="bibl">668</span>; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>445</span>; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>922</span>; κ. ἀργής <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1747</span> (anap.); [[πτερόεις]] ib.<span class="bibl">576</span>; κεραυνοῦ βέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>453</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1088</span>; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>395</span>; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1714</span>; <b class="b3">κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς</b>... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>31</span>: pl., [[κεραυνοί]] [[thunderbolts]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>690</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.46U.</span>; <b class="b3">ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>823</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>125</span>; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>80c</span>; defined as <b class="b3">ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς</b>, i.e. [[thunder and lightning]], Zeno Stoic.1.34. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν</b>, of Pericles, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>10; <b class="b3">τύπτειν κεραυνός</b> [[a thunderbolt]] for striking, <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.4</span>; [[Κεραυνός]], as a name of great soldiers, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arist.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> title of Zeus, <span class="title">IG</span> 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), <span class="title">Rev.Arch.</span>40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. [[κεραΐζω]].)</span>