rain
From LSJ
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Ar. and P. ὑετός, ὁ, ὕδωρ, τό.
shower: P. and V. ὄμβρος, ὁ (Plato, Republic 359D).
storm of rain: P. and V. ἐπομβρία, ἡ (Dem. 1274, Aesch., Fragment, and Ar.), P. χειμὼν νοτερός, ὁ (Thuc. 3, 21).
drizzle: P. and V. ψακάς, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.).
the rain that had fallen in the night: P. τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός (Thuc. 2, 5).
there having been an extraordinary fall of rain: P. ὕδατος ἐξαισίου γενομένου (Plato, critias, 112A).
verb intransitive
it rains: Ar. and P. ὕει (Xen.); see also drizzle.
rain down, verb transitive: met., Ar. and P. καταχεῖν; see shower.
