πρηστήρ

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ῆρος, ὁ, (πρήθω)

   A hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning (Placit.3.3.1, Arist.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 Hdt.7.42; τυφῷ καὶ πρηστῆρι Ar.Lys.974; ὁ . . νεὼς τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς ἐνεπρήσθη π. ἐμπεσόντος X.HG1.3.1; π. χθόνιος tornado, Arist.Mu.395a10; πρηστῆρες καὶ κεραυνοί Thphr.Ign.1.    2 ὀμμάτων ἄπο αἱμοσταγῆ πρηστῆρε ῥεύσονται κάτω two jets of blood, E. Fr.384.    II pair of bellows, πρηστῆρος αὐλός Placit.2.20.1, 2.25.1: pl., A.R.4.777.    III pl., veins of the neck when swollen by anger, Poll.2.134, Hsch.    IV a kind of serpent, whose bite is poisonous, Dsc.4.37, Philum.Ven.19, Ael.NA6.51.