κεραυνός, ὁ,
thunderbolt, νῆα θοὴν ἔβαλε ψολόεντι κ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.330 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βρόντησε καὶ ἔμβαλε νηῒκ[[. 14.305; Διὸς πληγεῖσα κεραυνῷ 12.416 ] Refs]; especially as weapon of Zeus, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 854, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; forged by the Cyclopes,[[[prev. work] 141; τὸν κ. τοῦ Διός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1538; καταιβάτης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 361 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρωπός[[ [prev. work] 668; ὁ πυρφόρος κ. [prev. author] “Th.” 445; κεραυνοῦ κρείσσονα φλόγα [prev. author] “Pr.” 922; κ. ἀργής 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1747 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πτερόεις[[ [prev. work] 576; κεραυνοῦ βέλος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 453 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1088; ὁ κ. λάμπων πυρί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 395; κ., πτεροφόρον Διὸς βέλος [prev. author] “Av.” 1714 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πίπτει, κατασκήπτει εἰς.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 31: _plural_, κεραυνοί] Refs 5th c.BC+] thunderbolts, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 690, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.37, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.46U. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διό; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 823 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 125; τὰ τῶν κ. πτώματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 80c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; defined as ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς, i.e. thunder and lightning, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, κεραυνὸν ἐν γλώττῃ φέρειν, of Pericles, [[ “Comica Adespota” 10] Refs]; τύπτειν κεραυνός a thunderbolt for striking, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 195.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Κεραυνός, as a name of great soldiers, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]