ἀστράπτω
astrapto
lighten, hurl lightnings
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀστράπτω (cf. στράπτω), Ep. impf. ἀστράπτεσκον 2.86: fut. ἀστράψω 53, D. 33.376: aor. ἤστραψα Il. 17.595, etc.:—Α. lighten, hurl lightnings, freq. of omens sent by Zeus, ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξιʼ Il. 2.353; Κρονίδης ἐνδέξια σήματα φαίνων ἀστράπτει 9.237; ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης 10.5; ἀστράψας δὲ μάλα μεγάλʼ ἔκτυπε 17.595; οὑλύμπιος ἤστραπτεν, ἐβρόντα Ach. 531, cf. V. 626. 2. impers., ἀστράπτει it lightens, ἤστραψε it lightened, οὐρανοῦ δʼ ἄπο ἤστραψε Fr. 578, cf. Rh. 1392b27. II. flash or glance like lightning, πᾶς γὰρ ἀστράπτει χαλινός OC 1067 (lyr.); κατάχαλκον ἀ. πεδίον gleams with brass, Ph.III; so ἀ. χαλκῷ Cyr. 6.4.1; of the face, εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν . . ἀστράπτουσαν Phdr. 254b; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι Cyn. 6.15; of flowers, ἀνεμωνίδες ἀστράπτουσαι bright, Fr. 74.64: c. acc. cogn., ἐξ ὀμμάτων δʼ ἤστραπτε . . σέλας (sc. Τυφών) flashed flame from his eyes, Pr. 358; ἵμερον ἀστράπτουσα κατʼ ὄμματος AP 12.161 (), cf. l.c.; ἤστραψε γλυκὺ κάλλος AP 12.110 (). 2. of persons, to be brilliant, conspicuous, ἔν τινι C. 1.361,2.23. III. trans., consume with lightning, dub. in 53. 2. illuminate, τι 276.
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