ὕπομβρος

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   A mixed with rain, θέρος ὕ. a rainy summer, Plu.Cam. 3 (as v. l. for ἔπομβρον) ; ἔαρ Gp.1.12.21; νύξ EM450.49; γῆ Philostr. Im.1.9, cf. Ph.Bel.82.28, 97.27; impregnated, ἀσφάλτῳ Philostr.VA 1.24.    II ὕπομβρον ὀστέον Hp. ap. Erot., who explains it as ὑπόνομον καὶ κάθυγρον γεγονός, and ap.Gal.19.149, who says ὕφυγρον, ὑπόπυον, where the reference is to Hp.VC15; μόλις ὕπομβρον γενόμενον καὶ κατακλυσθὲν τὸ ἱερεῖον apparently drenched, as t.t. in divination, Plu.2.438a.