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ἐμβροντ-άω

embrontao

dumbfounder

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What it meant

ἐμβροντ-άω · embront-aō — LSJ

dumbfounder

dumbfounder, τίς ἐνεβρόντησέ μοι; Eup. 17 D.; τὸ κακὸν ἐνεβρόντησέ με Ach.Tat. 3.15.

II to be struck by lightning

Pass., to be struck by lightning, distd. fr. κεραυνῷ πληγῆναι, X. HG 4.7.7.

2

metaph., ἐμβεβροντῆσθαι,= ἐμβρόντητον εἶναι, D. 19.231, Men. Georg.Fr. 5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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