τερπικέραυνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τέρπω (térpō, “delight”) + κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ter.pi.ké.rau̯.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ter.piˈke.raw.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ter.piˈce.ra.βnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ter.piˈce.ra.vnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ter.piˈce.ra.vnos/
Adjective
τερπῐκέραυνος • (terpĭkéraunos) (attested only in the masculine singular)
- (Epic) delighting in thunder (epithet of Zeus)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τερπῐκέραυνος terpĭkéraunos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τερπῐκεραύνου / τερπῐκεραυνοῖο / τερπῐκεραύνοιο / τερπῐκεραυνόο / τερπῐκεραύνοο terpĭkeraúnou / terpĭkeraunoîo / terpĭkeraúnoio / terpĭkeraunóo / terpĭkeraúnoo | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τερπῐκεραύνῳ terpĭkeraúnōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τερπῐκέραυνον terpĭkéraunon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | τερπῐκέραυνε terpĭkéraune | ||||||||||||
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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