τερπικέραυνος

τερπικέραυνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τέρπω (térpō) +‎ κεραυνός (keraunós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ter.pi.ké.rau̯.nos/ → /ter.piˈce.ra.βnos/ → /ter.piˈce.ra.vnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ter.pi.ké.rau̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ter.piˈke.raw.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ter.piˈce.ra.βnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ter.piˈce.ra.vnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ter.piˈce.ra.vnos/

Adjective

τερπῐκέραυνος • (terpikéraunos) (attested only in the masculine singular)

1. (Epic) delighting in thunder (epithet of Zeus)

Declension

Second declension of τερπῐκέραυνος; τερπῐκεραύνου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τερπῐκέραυνος terpikéraunos
Genitive	τερπῐκεραύνου / τερπῐκεραυνοῖο / τερπῐκεραύνοιο / τερπῐκεραυνόο / τερπῐκεραύνοο terpikeraúnou / terpikeraunoîo / terpikeraúnoio / terpikeraunóo / terpikeraúnoo
Dative	τερπῐκεραύνῳ terpikeraúnōi
Accusative	τερπῐκέραυνον terpikéraunon
Vocative	τερπῐκέραυνε terpikéraune
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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