The corpus record

κατ-αστράπτω

katastrapto

hurl down lightning, flash lightning

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Where it lives

Jonas 1 · 9.51/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατ-αστράπτω · kat-astraptō — LSJ

hurl down lightning, flash lightning, it lightens

hurl down lightning, flash lightning, κατʼ Οἰταῖον νάπος S. Tr. 437: abs., καταστράπτει it lightens, Plu. Galb. 23.

II strike with lightning, dazzle, make, gleam

trans., strike with lightning, dazzle, τὰς ὄψεις Id. Tim. 28; τινα Them. Or. 27.337d; τινὰ τῷ κάλλει Hld. 1.21; ὅπλοις κ. τὸ πεδίον make it gleam with arms, Id. 9.14.

In the wild

καταστραφήσεται · katastraphēsetai Septuaginta, Job 18
καταστραφήσεται · katastraphēsetai Septuaginta, Jonas 3
καταστραφήσεται · katastraphēsetai Septuaginta, Siracides 27
καταστραφήσεται · katastraphēsetai Septuaginta, Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 14
καταστράπτοντος · katastraptontos Sophocles, Trachiniae 436–437
καταστραφῆναι · katastraphēnai Thucydides, History 3.94.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2375)

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Where it came from

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