χειμάρροος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, contr. χειμάρρους, ουν, and shortened χείμαρρος, ον: (χεῖμα, ῥέω):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow</b>, of mountain-streams, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> joined with <b class="b3">ποταμός, ὅν τε</b> [the stone] ποταμὸς χειμάρροος ὤσῃ <span class="bibl">Il.13.138</span>; ὡς δ' ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισιν χειμάρρους κατ' ὄρεσφιν <span class="bibl">11.493</span>: freq. in contracted forms, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ <span class="bibl">5.88</span>; ὡς δ' ὅτε χείμαρροι ποταμοὶ κατ' ὄρεσφι ῥέοντες <span class="bibl">4.452</span>; χειμάρρῳ ποταμῷ ἴκελος <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thgn.348</span>; παρὰ ῥείθροισι χειμάρροις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>712</span>; φάραγγες ὕδατι χειμάρρῳ ῥέουσαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>449</span> (troch.); διὰ χειμάρρου νάπης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>1093</span>; χαράδρα χ. <span class="bibl">Plb.10.30.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πλεκτάνη χειμάρροος</b> seems to be [[rushing]], [[furious]] lightning <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>281</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Subst., [[torrent]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>736b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.7</span>; ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἂν εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσέπεσε <span class="bibl">D.18.153</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> simply, [[river]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>34.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[drain]], [[gutter]], οἱ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν χ. <span class="bibl">D.55.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[valley]], [[watercourse]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ki.</span>3.16</span>. (Plur. accented [[χείμαρροι]] by Ptol.Ascal., [[χειμάρροι]] by Nicias, <span class="bibl">Eust. 496.37</span>; later nom. χείμαρρος <span class="bibl">Paus.9.33.7</span>, <span class="bibl">10.37.3</span>, acc. χείμαρρον LXX l.c. cod.Alex., <span class="title">Ps.</span>123(124).4, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.35.7</span>.)</span>