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