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|Definition=πρηστῆρος, ὁ, ([[πρήθω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hurricane]] or [[waterspout]] [[attend]]ed with [[lightning]] (''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''3.3.1, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''371a16, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.203, Epicur. ''Ep.''2p.47U., Lucr.6.424,445), πρηστήρων ἀνέμων Hes.''Th.''846; θαλάσσης τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ γῆ, τὸ δ' ἥμισυ π. Heraclit.31; βρονταί τε καὶ πρηστῆρες ἐπεσπίπτουσι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.42; τυφῷ καὶ πρηστῆρι Ar.''Lys.''974; ὁ… νεὼς τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἐνεπρήσθη π. ἐμπεσόντος X.''HG''1.3.1; πρηστὴρ [[χθόνιος]] = [[tornado]], Arist.''Mu.''395a10; πρηστῆρες καὶ κεραυνοί [[Theophrastus]] ''Ign.''1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> ὀμμάτων δ' ἄπο αἱμοσταγεῖς πρηστῆρες οἴσονται κάτω / ὀμμάτων δ' ἄπο αἱμοσταγῆ πρηστῆρε ῥεύσονται κάτω = [[whirlwind]]s of [[bloody]] [[tear]]s will [[bear]] [[down]] from the [[eye]]s, E. ''Fr.''384.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[pair of bellows]], πρηστῆρος αὐλός ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''2.20.1, 2.25.1: pl., A.R.4.777.<br><span class="bld">III</span> pl., [[veins of the neck when swollen by anger]], Poll.2.134, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a kind of [[serpent]], whose bite is [[poisonous]], Dsc.4.37, Philum.''Ven.''19, Ael.''NA''6.51.