| |Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[thunderbolt]], νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. <span class="bibl">Od.23.330</span>; <b class="b3">βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ</b>. <span class="bibl">14.305</span>; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ <span class="bibl">12.416</span>; esp. as weapon of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>854</span>, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.<span class="bibl">141</span>; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1538</span>; καταιβάτης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>361</span>; [[πυρωπός]] ib.<span class="bibl">668</span>; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>445</span>; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>922</span>; κ. ἀργής <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1747</span> (anap.); [[πτερόεις]] ib.<span class="bibl">576</span>; κεραυνοῦ βέλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>453</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1088</span>; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>395</span>; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1714</span>; <b class="b3">κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς</b>... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>31</span>: pl., [[κεραυνοί]] [[thunderbolts]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>690</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.37</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.46U.</span>; <b class="b3">ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>823</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>125</span>; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>80c</span>; defined as <b class="b3">ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς</b>, i.e. [[thunder]] and [[lightning]], Zeno Stoic.1.34. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν</b>, of [[Pericles]], <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>10; [[τύπτειν]] κεραυνός a [[thunderbolt]] for [[striking]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.195.4</span>; [[Κεραυνός]], as a name of great soldiers, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arist.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> title of Zeus, <span class="title">IG</span> 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), <span class="title">Rev.Arch.</span>40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. [[κεραΐζω]].)</span> | | |Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thunderbolt]], νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. Od.23.330; <b class="b3">βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ</b>. 14.305; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ 12.416; esp. as weapon of [[Zeus]], Hes. ''Th.''854, etc.; forged by the Cyclopes, ib.141; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός Ar.''Av.''1538; καταιβάτης A.''Pr.''361; [[πυρωπός]] ib.668; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. Id.''Th.''445; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα Id.''Pr.''922; κ. ἀργής Ar.''Av.''1747 (anap.); [[πτερόεις]] ib.576; κεραυνοῦ βέλος A.''Th.''453 (lyr.), S.''Tr.''1088; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί Ar.''Nu.''395; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος Id.''Av.''1714; <b class="b3">κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς</b>... X.''HG''4.7.7, Plu.''Lyc.''31: pl., [[κεραυνοί]] = [[thunderbolt]]s, Hes.''Th.''690, Hdt.8.37, Epicur.''Ep.''2p.46U.; <b class="b3">ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διός</b>; S.''El.''823 (lyr.), cf. Ar.''Pl.''125; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα Pl.''Ti.''80c; defined as <b class="b3">ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς</b>, i.e. [[thunder]] and [[lightning]], Zeno Stoic.1.34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν</b>, of [[Pericles]], ''Com.Adesp.''10; [[τύπτειν]] κεραυνός a [[thunderbolt]] for [[striking]], Antiph.195.4; [[Κεραυνός]], as a name of great soldiers, Plu.''Arist.''6.<br><span class="bld">III</span> title of [[Zeus]], ''IG'' 5(2).288 (Mantinea, v B.C.), ''Rev.Arch.''40.388 (Emesa). (Perh. cf. [[κεραΐζω]].) |
