ἀστράπτω (compare στράπτω),
Epic dialect imperfect ἀστράπτεσκον[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
future ἀστράψω[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἤστραψα[
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
lighten, hurl lightnings, frequently of omens sent by Zeus, ἀστράπτων ἐπιδέξι᾽[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
impersonal, ἀστράπτει
it lightens, ἤστραψε
it lightened, οὐρανοῦ δ᾽ ἄπο ἤστραψε[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
flash or
glance like lightning, πᾶς γὰρ ἀστράπτει χαλινός[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατάχαλκον ἀ. πεδίον
gleams with brass, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the face, εἶδον τὴν ὄψιν. ἀστράπτουσαν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of flowers, ἀνεμωνίδες ἀστράπτουσαι
bright, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
flashed flame from his eyes, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2) of persons,
to be brilliant, conspicuous, ἔν τινι[
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III)
transitive,
consume with lightning, uncertain in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
illuminate, τι [
Refs 5th c.AD+]