snow

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.