κεραυνός εν αιθρία

Greek

Etymology

See κεραυνός m (keravnós) and the ancient terms in the phrase ἐν (en, “in”) & the dative αἰθρίᾳ (aithríāi) of feminine αἰθρία (aithría)[1] (by ellipsis of a feminine noun) of adjective αἴθριος (aíthrios),

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ceɾavˈnos en‿eˈθɾi.a/

Phrase

κεραυνός εν αιθρία • (keravnós en aithría)

  1. (formal but common, in negative sense) bolt from the blue Literally, “lightning bolt in a clear sky”

References

  1. ^ αἰθρία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

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