ἀστρᾰπ-ή, ἡ,
={ἀστεροπή},{στεροπή},fiash of lightning, lightning, βροντὴ καὶ ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.86, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.31, etc.; βροντὴ δ᾽ ἐρράγη δι᾽ ἀστραπῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 578, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68a, “Cra.” 409c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 369b6] Refs 5th c.BC+]; personified, as subject of painting, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 35.96, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.14] Refs 1st c.AD+]: frequently in plural, lightnings, τὰς ἀ. τε καὶ κεραυνίους βολάς[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 430; τᾶν πυρφόρων ἀστραπᾶν κράτη νέμων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 201 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 light of a lamp, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 386, NT.Luke.11.36. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, ἀστραπήν τιν᾽ ὀμμάτων flashing of the eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 474; βλέπων ἀστραπάς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 566] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκτυφλοῦν τιν᾽ ἀστραπὴ [εἰμί] [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 195.4, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 6.6.] Refs 4th c.BC+]