lightning

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. and V. ἀστραπή, ἡ (Plato).

lightning flash: V. ἀστραπηφόρον πῦρ.

strike with lightning, v.: V. καταστράπτειν κατά. (gen.).

carry lightning: Ar. ἀστραπηφορεῖν.

be struck by lightning: P. ἐμβροντᾶσθαι (Xen.); see also thunderbolt.

his might was blasted by the lightning: V. ἐξεβροντήθη σθένος (Aesch. Prometheus Vinctus 362).