ἀστράπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(cf. [[στράπτω]]), Ep. impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀστράπτεσκον <span class="bibl">Mosch.2.86</span>: fut. ἀστράψω <span class="bibl">Cratin.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>33.376</span>: aor. ἤστραψα <span class="bibl">Il.17.595</span>, etc.:—[[lighten]], [[hurl lightnings]], freq. of omens sent by Zeus, ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξι' <span class="bibl">Il.2.353</span>; Κρονίδης ἐνδέξια σήματα φαίνων ἀστράπτει <span class="bibl">9.237</span>; ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης <span class="bibl">10.5</span>; ἀστράψας δὲ μάλα μεγάλ' ἔκτυπε <span class="bibl">17.595</span>; οὑλύμπιος ἤστραπτεν, ἐβρόντα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>531</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span> 626</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> impers., [[ἀστράπτει]] [[it lightens]], [[ἤστραψε]] [[it lightened]], οὐρανοῦ δ' ἄπο ἤστραψε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>578</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1392b27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[flash]] or [[glance like lightning]], πᾶς γὰρ ἀστράπτει χαλινός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1067</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κατάχαλκον ἀ. πεδίον</b> [[gleams]] with brass, E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>III; so ἀ. χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.4.1</span>; of the face, εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν . . ἀστράπτουσαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>254b</span>; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.15</span>; of flowers, ἀνεμωνίδες ἀστράπτουσαι [[bright]], Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.64: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ' ἤστραπτε . . σέλας</b> (sc. [[Τυφών]]) [[flashed]] flame from his eyes, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>358</span>; ἵμερον ἀστράπτουσα κατ' ὄμματος <span class="title">AP</span>12.161 (Asclep.), cf. Mosch. l.c.; ἤστραψε γλυκὺ κάλλος <span class="title">AP</span>12.110 (Mel.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, to [[be brilliant]], [[conspicuous]], ἔν τινι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.361</span>,<span class="bibl">2.23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> trans., [[consume with lightning]], dub. in <span class="bibl">Cratin.53</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[illuminate]], τι <span class="bibl">Musae.276</span>.</span>