βροντάω

brontao

thunder

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 5
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Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12415
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14305
Book 20 3
Chapter ?

20103
20113
20121
Iliad 3
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8133
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13796
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2056

Dictionary (LSJ)

βροντάω, A. thunder, Ζεὺς δʼ ἄμυδις βρόντησε Od. 14.305, cf. Il. 8.133; βροντᾶν οὐκ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ Διός Call. Fr. 490; so Βροντῶν, title of Zeus in Phrygia, JHS 5.258, etc. (but βροντῶν θεός, = Jupiter Tonans, IG 14.982, cf. D.C. 54.4): metaph. of Pericles, Ar. Ach. 531, cf. V. 624; of a seller asking too high a price, Herod. 7.65. 2. impers., χειμέρια βροντᾷ it thunders, Ar. Fr. 46; βροντήσαντος if it thunders, Arist. HA 610b35. II. Pass., to be thunderstruck, Id. Div.Somn. 463a13.

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