ὑετός
ὡς οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων γίνεται, εἴ περ καί τις ἀπόπροθι πίονα οἶκον γαίῃ ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ναίει ἀπάνευθε τοκήων → More than all pleasures that were ever made parents and fatherland our life still bless. Though we rich home in a strange land possess, still the old memories about us cling.
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], ὁ, (
A ὕὠ rain, Il.12.133, Hes.Op.545; ποιεῖν ὑετόν Ar.V.263 (lyr.); esp. a heavy shower (whereas ὄμβρος is continuous rain, ψεκάς or ψακάς drizzle), Antipho5.22, X.Cyn.5.4, Arist. Mete.347a12, Mu.394a31, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.203: pl., rains, Diog. Apoll.3, Arist.PA653a4. II as Adj. in Sup., ἄνεμοι ὑετώτατοι the rainiest winds, Hdt.2.25 (where θυετιώτατοι cod. D., ὑετιώτατοι Hude). [ῡ Hom., Hes., Att.; later ῠ in ῠετοῖο Nic.Th.273.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 1175] ὁ, der Regen; Il. 12, 133; Hes. O. 547; Ar. Vesp. 263; ἀνέμων καὶ ὑετῶν γιγνομένων, Plat. Epin. 979 a; bes. Platzregen, mehr als ὄμβρος, Arist. mund. 4 u. meteorol. 1, 9. – Adject., ἄνεμοι ὑετώτατοι, Her. 2, 25, die regenhaftesten Winde, wo Buttmann ὑετιώτατοι schreiben wollte. – [Im gen. ὑετοῖο ist des Verses wegen υ kurz gebraucht.]
