κεραυνός

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Thematic transformation of an r/n stem, from a verb "to shatter" that was replaced by κεραΐζω (keraḯzō), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (to smash, shatter). For the formation, compare ἐλαύνω (elaúnō).

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Noun[edit]

κεραυνός (keraunósm (genitive κεραυνοῦ); second declension

  1. thunderbolt, lightning strike
    Synonym: σκηπτός (skēptós)

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Further reading[edit]

  • κεραυνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • κεραυνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • κεραυνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κεραυνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κεραυνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • κεραυνός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek κεραυνός (keraunós).

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Noun[edit]

κεραυνός (keravnósm (plural κεραυνοί)

  1. thunderbolt, lightning

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