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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[thunderbolt]], [[lightning]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">τερπι-κέραυνος</b> (s. v.), <b class="b3">ἐγχει-κέραυνος</b> <b class="b2">who has the thunderbolt as spear</b> (Pi.; after <b class="b3">ἐγχει-βρόμος</b> <b class="b2">who thunders with the spear</b>), also <b class="b3">κεραυνο-εγχής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (B.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κεραύνιος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the thunderbolt</b>, also <b class="b2">struck by a th., hurling the th.</b> (trag.), also <b class="b3">κεραυναῖος</b> (AP 7, 49; Steph. <b class="b3">-ειος</b>); <b class="b3">κεραύνιον</b> name of a mushroom <b class="b2">Tuber aestivum</b> (Thphr., Gal.), as protecting against the th. or arisen from a th.; thus <b class="b3">κεραυνία</b> = <b class="b3">ἀείζῳον μικρόν</b> (Ps.-Dsc.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 79f.; also name of a stone like <b class="b3">κεραυνίας</b>, <b class="b3">-νίτης</b> (PHolm., Clem.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 55). Denomin. verb <b class="b3">κεραυνόομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-όω</b> <b class="b2">be struck by a th.</b>, resp. <b class="b2">slay with a th.</b> (Hes.); <b class="b3">κεραύνωσις</b> [[thunderstroke]] (Str., Plu.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [578] <b class="b2">*ḱerh₂-</b> [[shatter]], [[smash]]<br />Etymology: Thematic transformation of an <b class="b2">r-n-</b>noun <b class="b3">*κερα-Ϝαρ</b>, <b class="b3">κερα-υν-</b> [[shattering]] from a lost verb [[shatter]], which was supplanted by [[κεραΐζω]] (s. v.); on the formation s. <b class="b3">ἐλαύνω</b> and Schwyzer 521. - (Not here Skt. <b class="b2">śáru-</b> [[arrow]] and Germ., e. g. Goth. <b class="b2">haírus</b> [[sword]] (Bq).

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