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|Definition=[ῡ], ὁ, (<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ὕω]] [[rain]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.133</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>545</span>; ποιεῖν ὑετόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>263</span> (lyr.); esp. a [[heavy]] [[shower]] (whereas [[ὄμβρος]] is continuous [[rain]], [[ψεκάς]] or [[ψακάς]] drizzle), <span class="bibl">Antipho5.22</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>347a12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>394a31</span>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.203</span>: pl., [[rains]], Diog. Apoll.3, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>653a4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective in Sup., <b class="b3">ἄνεμοι ὑετώτατοι</b> the [[rainiest]] [[wind]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.25</span> (where [[θυετιώτατοι]] cod. D., [[ὑετιώτατοι]] Hude). [ῡ Hom., Hes., Att.; later ῠ in ῠετοῖο <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>273</span>.]</span>