snow
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. χιών, ἡ, V. νιφάς, ἡ.
it snows, v.: Ar. and P. νίφει (Xen.), P. ἐπινίφει (Xen.).
it was winter and there was littte snow: P. χειμὼν ἦν καὶ ὑπένιφε (Thuc. 4, 103).
had it not snowed all over Thrace: Ar. εἰ μὴ κατένιψε χιόνι τὴν Θρᾴκην ὅλην (Acharnians 138).
when it snows: P. ὅταν νίφῃ ὁ θεός (Xenophon, Cyn. 8), or ὅταν ἐπινίφῃ (Xenophon, cyn. 8).
snow-covered, adj.: V. νιφοστιβής, χιόνι κατάρρυτος (Euripides, Andromache 215), Ar. νιφόεις, νιφόβολος, χιονόβλητος.
