Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κεραυνοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεραυνοβόλος κεραυνοβόλον

Structure: κεραυνοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. kerauno/bolos

Sense

  1. hurling the thunder

Examples

  • "καὶ Ζηνὸσ φλέξω πῦρ τὸ κεραυνοβόλον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 632)
  • σοὶ καλὸσ οὐκ ἐφάνη Θήρων ἀλλ’ αὐτὸσ ὑπέστησ, οὐδὲ Διὸσ πτήξασ πῦρ τὸ κεραυνοβόλον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1412)

Synonyms

  1. hurling the thunder

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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