English Explanatory Dictionary

ceraunoscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient Greek mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.

Pronunciation

/səˈɹɔːnəskəʊp/

Word forms

ceraunoscope ceraunoscopes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεραυνοσκοπεῖον (keraunoskopeîon), from κεραυνοσκοπία (keraunoskopía, “divination from thunder and lightning”) from κεραυνός (keraunós, “thunderbolt”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “look at, consider”). By surface analysis, cerauno- + -scope.

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