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|Definition=(A), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[storm]] of [[rain]], [[thunderstorm]], sent by [[Zeus]], ὅτ' ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄ. Il.5.91; χειμάρρους.. ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ 11.493; ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης... τεύχων ἢ πολὺν ὄμβρον κτλ. 10.6; of a storm at sea, Alc.''Supp.''26.4; ὄ. λάβρος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.12; distinct from [[ὑετός]] or common [[rain]], Arist.''Mu.''394a31; but sts., [[heavy rain]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.98, S.''Tr.''146, E. ''Tr.''78: in plural, [[rains]], ὄμβροι πολλοὶ καὶ λάβροι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.50, cf. 2.25, Pi.''P.''4.81, S.''OC''350.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[water]], as an element, μήτε γῆ, μήτ' ὄ. ἱερός, μήτε φῶς Id.''OT''1428, cf. Emp.98.2,21.5: [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ὄλβος]] in S. ''Ant.''953; ὄ. ἀναγκαῖοι [[urine]], Opp.''C.''4.443.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[inundation]], τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων ''PTeb.''61 (b).133 (ii B.C.), al.; ὀχετοὺς [[ἀγαγεῖν]] οἳ ἄξουσιν τὸν ὄμβρον εἰς τὰς ἐξαγωγούς ''PCair.Zen.''383.13(iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[storm]], [[shower]], <b class="b3">ἐν πολυφθόρῳ Διὸς ὄμβρῳ</b>, of a [[battle]], Pi.''I.''5(4).49; δέδοικα δ' ὄμβρου κτύπον.. τὸν [[αἱματηρός|αἱματηρόν]] A.''Ag.''1533 (lyr.); <b class="b3">μέλας ὄ. χάλαζά θ' αἱματοῦσσ'</b> (<b class="b3">χαλάζης αἵματος</b> codd.) [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1279; ὄμβρῳ δακρυόεντι [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 16.345; πυρὸς ὄμβροι Opp.''H.''3.22; ἡδὺς ὄ. ἀοιδῆς ''AP''9.364 (Nestor).<br /><br />(B)· [[χοιρίδιον]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (Cf. [[ὄβρια]].)