βροντ-άω,
A. thunder, Ζεὺς δ' ἄμυδις βρόντησε
Od. 14.305
, cf. Il. 8.133 ; βροντᾶν οὐκ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ Διός
Call. Fr. 490
; soΒροντῶν, title of Zeus in Phrygia, JHS 5.258 , etc. (butβροντῶν 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 .