χειμών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, (χεῖμα) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[winter]], χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν <span class="bibl">Il.17.549</span>; χειμῶνι [[in winter]], <span class="bibl">21.283</span>; ἐν χειμῶνι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>2.42</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>969</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.8</span>; ἐν τῷ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.8.17</span>; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ <span class="bibl">And.1.137</span>; also χειμῶνος <b class="b2">in winter-time</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.8.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 415e</span>; <b class="b3">χ. μέσου</b> [[in]] mid-[[winter]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>569.1</span>; τοῦ χ. [[in the course of the winter]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.31</span>; τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. <span class="bibl">Id.8.30</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>74c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.2.9</span>; χειμῶνα [[during winter]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1138</span> (v.l. [[χειμῶνι]]) <b class="b3">; τὸν χ</b>. [[during]] the [[winter]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.117</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.4.1</span>; τὸν δεινὸν χ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span> 7.6.9</span>; τὸν χ. ὅλον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>345</span>; ὁ ἀμφὶ τὸν χ. χρόνος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.6.22</span>; <b class="b3">ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος</b> in consequence of [[the cold weather]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.101</span>: pl., νιφοστιβεῖς χειμῶνες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>671</span>; opp. <b class="b3">καύματα</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>829b</span>; ἀμυντικὴ χειμώνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>280e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[the wintry quarter]] of the heavens, [[the north]], Βορέης καὶ χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[wintry]], [[stormy weather]]: generally, [[storm]], ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον <span class="bibl">Il.3.4</span>; οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ' ἂρ χ. πολὺς οὔτε ποτ' ὄμβρος <span class="bibl">Od.4.566</span>; ὅτε τις χ. ἔκπαγλος ὄροιτο <span class="bibl">14.522</span>; ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον καὶ χειμῶν' ἐπιόντα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>675</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alc.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>11.6</span>, etc.; Γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν ἐκ χειμῶνος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).39</span>; θεὸς χειμῶν' ὦρσε <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>496</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>649</span>, <span class="bibl">656</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1145</span>, etc.; χ. ὀρνιθίας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>876</span>; χ. κατερράγη <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.87</span>; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. τε μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἄνεμος <span class="bibl">Id.7.188</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>344d</span>; ἐπιγενόμενος χ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.6</span>; χειμῶνι χρησάμενοι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.21</span>; <b class="b3">χ. νοτερός</b> [[a storm]] of rain, <span class="bibl">Th.3.21</span>; ἐν εὐδίᾳ χειμῶνα ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.14</span>: pl., <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῶν χ</b>. because of the [[winter-storms]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.62</span>; ἔν γε χειμῶσιν καὶ ἐν εὐδίαις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 961e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">919a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">θεόσσυτος χ</b>. [[storm of calamity]] sent by the gods, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>643</span>; <b class="b3">χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1015</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>202</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">1066</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">δορὸς . . ἐν χειμῶνι</b> in the [[storm]] of battle, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 670</span>; <b class="b3">θολερῷ . . χ. νοσήσας</b>, of the madness of Ajax, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>207</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">χ. γήρως βαρύς</b>, of life's [[winter]], AP10.100 (Antiphan.); of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις <span class="bibl">Alex.178.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">46.4</span>; χ. κατ' οἴκους . . κακὴ γυνή <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>540</span>: rare in Prose, of battle, <span class="bibl">Onos. 32.10</span>; of mental and moral [[trouble]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>3p.62U.</span>, Polystr.<span class="bibl">p.19W.</span>; <b class="b3">χ. τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος</b>, of pirates, <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>23.286a</span>: pl., <b class="b3">χειμῶνας ἔχειν</b> to have [[trouble]] (in cutting teeth), <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Dent.</span>12</span>.</span>