rain

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substantive

Ar. and P. ὑετός, ὁ, ὕδωρ, τό.

shower: P. and V. ὄμβρος, ὁ (Plato, Republic 359D).

storm of rain: P. and V. ἐπομβρία, ἡ (Dem. 1274, Aesch., Fragment, and Ar.), P. χειμὼν νοτερός, ὁ (Thuc. 3, 21).

drizzle: P. and V. ψακάς, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.).

the rain that had fallen in the night: P. τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός (Thuc. 2, 5).

there having been an extraordinary fall of rain: P. ὕδατος ἐξαισίου γενομένου (Plato, Critias, 112A).

verb intransitive

it rains: Ar. and P. ὕει (Xen.); see also drizzle.

rain down, verb transitive: met., Ar. and P. καταχεῖν; see shower.