"κεραυνός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κεραυνός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ke.rau̯.nós/, /ce.raˈβnos/, /ce.raˈvnos/, /ke.rau̯.nós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ke.rawˈnos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ce.raˈβnos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ce.raˈvnos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ce.raˈvnos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Thematic transformation of an r/n stem, from a verb "to shatter" that was replaced by κεραΐζω (keraḯzō), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to smash, shatter”). For the formation, compare ἐλαύνω (elaúnō). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-||to smash, shatter}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to smash, shatter”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κεραυνοῦ|m|second}} κεραυνός • (keraunós) m (genitive κεραυνοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κεραυνός|ου|form=M}} Forms: keraunós [romanization], κεραυνοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κεραυνός [nominative, singular], κεραυνώ [dual, nominative], οἱ κεραυνοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ κεραυνοῦ [genitive, singular], κεραυνοῖν [dual, genitive], κεραυνῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ κεραυνῷ [dative, singular], κεραυνοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς κεραυνοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν κεραυνόν [accusative, singular], κεραυνώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς κεραυνούς [accusative, plural], κεραυνέ [singular, vocative], κεραυνώ [dual, vocative], κεραυνοί [plural, vocative]
  1. thunderbolt, lightning strike Synonyms: σκηπτός
    Sense id: en-κεραυνός-grc-noun-l-Cw9AAn Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Atmospheric phenomena, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 7 2 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 6 1 18 Derived forms: ἐγχεικέραυνος (enkheikéraunos), κεραυνεγχής (keraunenkhḗs), κεραύνειος (keraúneios), κεραυνία (keraunía), κεραυνίας (keraunías), κεραύνιον (keraúnion), κεραύνιος (keraúnios), κεραυνόβλητος (keraunóblētos), κεραυνόβολος (keraunóbolos), κεραυνοβρόντης (keraunobróntēs), κεραυνοκλόνος (keraunoklónos), κεραυνομάχης (keraunomákhēs), κεραυνόπληκτος (keraunóplēktos), κεραυνόπλους (keraunóplous), κεραυνοποιός (keraunopoiós), κεραυνοσκοπεῖον (keraunoskopeîon), κεραυνοσκοπία (keraunoskopía), κεραυνοῦχος (keraunoûkhos), κεραυνοφαής (keraunophaḗs), κεραυνοφόρος (keraunophóros), κεραυνόω (keraunóō), κεραύνωσις (keraúnōsis), τερπικέραυνος (terpikéraunos)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "κεραυνός"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ceraunic",
            "3": "cerauno-",
            "4": "keraunic",
            "5": "kerauno-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ceraunic, cerauno-, keraunic, kerauno-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ceraunic, cerauno-, keraunic, kerauno-"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱerh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to smash, shatter"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Thematic transformation of an r/n stem, from a verb \"to shatter\" that was replaced by κεραΐζω (keraḯzō), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“to smash, shatter”). For the formation, compare ἐλαύνω (elaúnō).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keraunós",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κεραυνός",
      "roman": "ho keraunós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνώ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κεραυνοί",
      "roman": "hoi keraunoí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κεραυνοῦ",
      "roman": "toû keraunoû",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοῖν",
      "roman": "keraunoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνῶν",
      "roman": "keraunôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κεραυνῷ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοῖν",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κεραυνοῖς",
      "roman": "toîs keraunoîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κεραυνόν",
      "roman": "tòn keraunón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνώ",
      "roman": "keraunṓ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κεραυνούς",
      "roman": "toùs keraunoús",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνέ",
      "roman": "kerauné",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνώ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοί",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "m",
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "κεραυνός",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "M"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Atmospheric phenomena",
          "orig": "grc:Atmospheric phenomena",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "enkheikéraunos",
          "word": "ἐγχεικέραυνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunenkhḗs",
          "word": "κεραυνεγχής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraúneios",
          "word": "κεραύνειος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunía",
          "word": "κεραυνία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunías",
          "word": "κεραυνίας"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraúnion",
          "word": "κεραύνιον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraúnios",
          "word": "κεραύνιος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunóblētos",
          "word": "κεραυνόβλητος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunóbolos",
          "word": "κεραυνόβολος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunobróntēs",
          "word": "κεραυνοβρόντης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunoklónos",
          "word": "κεραυνοκλόνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunomákhēs",
          "word": "κεραυνομάχης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunóplēktos",
          "word": "κεραυνόπληκτος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunóplous",
          "word": "κεραυνόπλους"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunopoiós",
          "word": "κεραυνοποιός"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunoskopeîon",
          "word": "κεραυνοσκοπεῖον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunoskopía",
          "word": "κεραυνοσκοπία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunoûkhos",
          "word": "κεραυνοῦχος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunophaḗs",
          "word": "κεραυνοφαής"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunophóros",
          "word": "κεραυνοφόρος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraunóō",
          "word": "κεραυνόω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "keraúnōsis",
          "word": "κεραύνωσις"
        },
        {
          "roman": "terpikéraunos",
          "word": "τερπικέραυνος"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunderbolt, lightning strike"
      ],
      "id": "en-κεραυνός-grc-noun-l-Cw9AAn",
      "links": [
        [
          "thunderbolt",
          "thunderbolt"
        ],
        [
          "lightning strike",
          "lightning strike"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "σκηπτός"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rau̯.nós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈβnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈvnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rau̯.nós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rawˈnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈβnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈvnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈvnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κεραυνός"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "el:Atmospheric phenomena"
  ],
  "derived": [
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      "roman": "enkheikéraunos",
      "word": "ἐγχεικέραυνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunenkhḗs",
      "word": "κεραυνεγχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraúneios",
      "word": "κεραύνειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunía",
      "word": "κεραυνία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunías",
      "word": "κεραυνίας"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraúnion",
      "word": "κεραύνιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraúnios",
      "word": "κεραύνιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunóblētos",
      "word": "κεραυνόβλητος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunóbolos",
      "word": "κεραυνόβολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunobróntēs",
      "word": "κεραυνοβρόντης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunoklónos",
      "word": "κεραυνοκλόνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunomákhēs",
      "word": "κεραυνομάχης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunóplēktos",
      "word": "κεραυνόπληκτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunóplous",
      "word": "κεραυνόπλους"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunopoiós",
      "word": "κεραυνοποιός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunoskopeîon",
      "word": "κεραυνοσκοπεῖον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunoskopía",
      "word": "κεραυνοσκοπία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunoûkhos",
      "word": "κεραυνοῦχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunophaḗs",
      "word": "κεραυνοφαής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunophóros",
      "word": "κεραυνοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraunóō",
      "word": "κεραυνόω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keraúnōsis",
      "word": "κεραύνωσις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "terpikéraunos",
      "word": "τερπικέραυνος"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          },
          "expansion": "Greek: κεραυνός (keravnós)",
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        }
      ],
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    },
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          },
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    }
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "keraunós",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοῦ",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ κεραυνός",
      "roman": "ho keraunós",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνώ",
      "roman": "keraunṓ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ κεραυνοί",
      "roman": "hoi keraunoí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ κεραυνοῦ",
      "roman": "toû keraunoû",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοῖν",
      "roman": "keraunoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνῶν",
      "roman": "keraunôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ κεραυνῷ",
      "roman": "tôi keraunôi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοῖν",
      "roman": "keraunoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς κεραυνοῖς",
      "roman": "toîs keraunoîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν κεραυνόν",
      "roman": "tòn keraunón",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνώ",
      "roman": "keraunṓ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς κεραυνούς",
      "roman": "toùs keraunoús",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνέ",
      "roman": "kerauné",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνώ",
      "roman": "keraunṓ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "κεραυνοί",
      "roman": "keraunoí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Atmospheric phenomena"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thunderbolt, lightning strike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thunderbolt",
          "thunderbolt"
        ],
        [
          "lightning strike",
          "lightning strike"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "σκηπτός"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rau̯.nós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈβnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈvnos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rau̯.nós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke.rawˈnos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈβnos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈvnos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ce.raˈvnos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "κεραυνός"
}

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