βροντάω

A. thunder, Ζεὺς δ’ ἄμυδις βρόντησε Od. 14.305, cf. Il. 8.133; βροντᾶν οὐκ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ Διός Call. Fr. 490; so Βροντῶν, title of Zeus in Phrygia, JHS 5.258, etc. (but βροντῶν θεός, = Jupiter Tonans, IG 14.982, cf. D.C. 54.4): metaph. of Pericles, Ar. Ach. 531, cf. V. 624; of a seller asking too high a price, Herod. 7.65.

2. impers., χειμέρια βροντᾷ it thunders, Ar. Fr. 46; βροντήσαντος if it thunders, Arist. HA 610b35.

II. Pass., to be thunderstruck, Id. Div.Somn. 463a13.