ἀστραπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἀστεροπή]], [[στεροπή]], [[fiash of lightning]], [[lightning]], βροντὴ καὶ ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.86</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.1.31</span>, etc.; βροντὴ δ' ἐρράγη δι' ἀστραπῆς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>578</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>68a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>409c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>369b6</span>; personified, as subject of painting, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>35.96</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span> 1.14</span>: freq. in pl., [[lightnings]], τὰς ἀ. τε καὶ κεραυνίους βολάς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 430</span>; τᾶν πυρφόρων ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>201</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[light]] of a lamp, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>386</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>11.36</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀστραπήν τιν' ὀμμάτων</b> [[flashing]] of the eyes, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>474</span>; βλέπων ἀστραπάς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 566</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν' ἀστραπὴ [εἰμί</b>] <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.6.6</span>.</span>