βροντή

bronte

thunder

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 9
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Book II 7
Chapter 9 369a10–370a33

369a29
369b1
369b3
369b17
370a24
370a27
370a31
Book III 2
Chapter 1 370b3–371b17

370b7
371b11
Posterior Analytics 5
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Book II 5
Chapter 8 93a1–93b20

93a22
93b8
93b9

Chapter 10 93b29–94a19

94a3
94a5
De Mundo 3
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Chapter 2 391b9–392b13

392b11
Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394a18
395a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

βροντή, ἡ, A. thunder, Διὸς μεγάλοιο κεραυνὸν δεινήν τε β. Il. 21.199; ὑπὸ βροντῆς πατρὸς Διός 13.796; Ζηνός τε βροντῇ Od. 20.121; ἀστραπὴ καὶ β. Hdt. 3.86; β. στεροπῇ τε A. Supp. 34 (anap.); β. καὶ κεραυνίᾳ φλογί Id. Pr. 1017; βροντῆς μύκημα ib.1062 (anap.), cf. 1083 (anap.); β. δʼ ἐρράγη διʼ ἀστραπῆς S. Fr. 578, etc.: in pl., Id. OC 1514, X. HG 1.6.28, Thphr. Sign. 21, etc.; χθόνιαι β. Ar. Av. 1745: metaph., τούτου τὰς β. οἶδʼ ὅτι δείσεις Lib. Ep. 98.4. II. the state of one struck with thunder, astonishment, ἐπεάν σφι θεὸς ἐμβάλῃ β. Hdt. 7.10.εʹ (βρομτᾱ, cf. βρέμω.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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