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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τέρπω (térpō, “delight”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ter.pi.ké.rau̯.nos/ → /ter.piˈce.ra.βnos/ → /ter.piˈce.ra.vnos/
Adjective
τερπῐκέραυνος • (terpikéraunos) (attested only in the masculine singular)
- (Epic) delighting in thunder (epithet of Zeus)
Declension
Further reading
- “τερπικέραυνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τερπικέραυνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τερπικέραυνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “τερπικέραυνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press