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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[dew]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>59e</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>336</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1208</span> (lyr.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Poets, <b class="b2">pure water</b>, ποντία δ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>904</span>; <b class="b3">δρόσῳ ἐναλίᾳ, θαλασσίᾳ</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>255</span>, <span class="bibl">1192</span>; ποταμίᾳ δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>127</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ποταμίαισι δρόσοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">78</span>; ἐπὶ κρηναίαισι δρόσοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>182</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">δρόσος</b> alone, Ἀχελῴου δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>167</span>; καθαραῖς δρόσοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 96</span> (lyr.); ἐκ ποταμῶν δρόσον ἄρατε <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1339</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of other liquids, δ. ἀμπέλου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.2</span>; δ. φοινία <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1390</span>, etc.; ἀπόπτυστος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 1285</span>; of oil, <span class="title">AP</span>5.3 (Phld.); of honey, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>19.19</span>; δ. καλάμου [[sugar]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.10.27.18</span>: metaph., δρόσος κώμων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 5.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[down]] on the cheek, δ. καὶ χνοῦς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>978</span>, cf. Plu.2.79d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">the young of animals</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>141</span> (lyr., pl.): in sg., δ. Ἡφαίστοιο <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1.2.3</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[dew]], often of several fluids (Hdt., Pi.); in A. Ag. 141 (lyr., pl.) = <b class="b2">young animals</b> (<b class="b3">λεόντων</b>), thus Call. Hek. 1, 2, 3; after Bechtel Lex. 139 and Benveniste BSL 45, 102 A. 1 metonymia; diff. Leumann Hom. Wörter 258 n. 11; cf. on [[ἕρσαι]].<br />Other forms: on the genus Schwyzer-Debrunner 32 n. 4, 34 n. 1)<br />Derivatives: Adjectives [[dewy]], [[fluid]]: <b class="b3">δροσόεις</b> (Sapph.), <b class="b3">δροσώδης</b> (com.), <b class="b3">δροσερός</b> (E.), <b class="b3">δροσινός</b> (AP), <b class="b3">δρόσιμος</b> (Plu.; s. Arbenz Die Adj. auf <b class="b3">-ιμος</b> 98). Abstract <b class="b3">δροσία</b> (Orac. ap. Luk. Alex. 53, Cat. Cod. Astr., also NGr.; on the meaning Scheller Oxytonierung 54f.). - Hypocorist. <b class="b3">δροσαλλίς</b> name of a Bithynian wine (Gp.); s. Chantr. Form. 252. - Denomin. <b class="b3">δροσίζω</b> [[sprinkle]], [[make dew]] (Ar.) with <b class="b3">δροσισμός</b> (Olymp. Alch.); <b class="b3">δροσόομαι</b> <b class="b2">be sprinkled with dew</b> (Anakreont.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. Older views in Bq; wrong also Sapir Lang. 15, 185. No doubt Pre-Greek.