- ἀστεροπή
- ἀστεροπήGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `lightning' (Il.).Other forms: στεροπή (Il.), ἀστραπή (Hdt.); στροπά ἀστραπή. Πάφιοι and στορπάν (cod. -τιάν) την ἀστραπήν H.; epithet of Zeus Στορπᾶος (Tegea). Note στροφαί. ἀστραπαίH.Derivatives: ἀστεροπητής, -οῦ m. epithet of Zeus (Il.). ἀστράπτω (Il.), στράπτω (S.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Mostly taken as `star-eye' from ἀστήρ and ὀπ- (in ὄψ `eye', ὄψομαι) with -η (ὀπή `opening'), what seemed confirmed by Arm. p`ayl-akn `lightning' (cf. p`ayl `gleam, splendour' and akn `eye') and areg-akn `sun' (from arew `sun' and akn), Meillet Handes Amsorya 41, 757ff., s. Idg. Jb. 13 VIII 98). - Diff. Winter Prothet. Vokal 35. - στεροπή cannot be explained in this way, nor ἀστραπη (for ἀστράπτω one would expect *ἀστρασσω, Chantr.) or στροφή. The word, therefore, must be a substr. word; after Kuiper, Fur. s. Beekes, MSS 48 (1987) 15-20.Page in Frisk: 1,170
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.