Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

χειμάρρους

From LSJ
Revision as of 13:50, 2 October 2019 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (2b)

Ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ δυστυχοῦντι μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν → Miseri miseriae ne quid affingas mali → Vermehre nicht dem Unglücksraben noch sein Leid

Menander, Monostichoi, 145

French (Bailly abrégé)

ους, ουν :
contr. att. v. χειμάρροος.

Middle Liddell

χειμάρ-ρους, ουν, [ῥέω]
I. winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow, ποταμὸς χ. Il., Hdt.; παρὰ ῥείθροισι χειμάρροις Soph.; φάραγγες ὕδατι χειμάρρῳ ῥέουσαι Eur.
II. as Subst. (without ποταμόσ), a torrent, Xen., Dem.
2. like χαράδρα II. 2, a conduit, Dem.

Frisk Etymology German

χειμάρρους: {kheimárrous}
See also: s. χεῖμα.
Page 2,1082