- κεραυνός
- κεραυνόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `thunderbolt, lightning' (Il.).Compounds: Compp., e. g. τερπι-κέραυνος (s. v.), ἐγχει-κέραυνος `who has the thunderbolt as spear' (Pi.; after ἐγχει-βρόμος `who thunders with the spear'), also κεραυνο-εγχής `id.' (B.).Derivatives: κεραύνιος `belonging to the thunderbolt', also `struck by a th., hurling the th.' (trag.), also κεραυναῖος (AP 7, 49; Steph. -ειος); κεραύνιον name of a mushroom `Tuber aestivum' (Thphr., Gal.), as protecting against the th. or arisen from a th.; thus κεραυνία = ἀείζῳον μικρόν (Ps.-Dsc.), cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 79f.; also name of a stone like κεραυνίας, -νίτης (PHolm., Clem.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 55). Denomin. verb κεραυνόομαι, -όω `be struck by a th.', resp. `slay with a th.' (Hes.); κεραύνωσις `thunderstroke' (Str., Plu.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [578] *ḱerh₂- `shatter, smash'Etymology: Thematic transformation of an r-n-noun *κερα-Ϝαρ, κερα-υν- `shattering' from a lost verb `shatter', which was supplanted by κεραΐζω (s. v.); on the formation s. ἐλαύνω and Schwyzer 521. - (Not here Skt. śáru- `arrow' and Germ., e. g. Goth. haírus `sword' (Bq).Page in Frisk: 1,828
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.