κεραυνός εν αιθρία
Greek
editEtymology
editSee κεραυνός m (keravnós) and the ancient terms in the phrase ἐν (en, “in”) & the dative αἰθρίᾳ (aithríāi) of feminine αἰθρία (aithría)[1] (by ellipsis of a feminine noun) of adjective αἴθριος (aíthrios),
Pronunciation
editPhrase
editκεραυνός εν αιθρία • (keravnós en aithría)
- (formal but common, in negative sense) bolt from the blue Literally, “lightning bolt in a clear sky”
References
edit- ^ “αἰθρία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Further reading
edit- “αιθρία”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998