νιφάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=άδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[snowflake]], Hom. (only in Il.), mostly in pl., ὥς τε νιφάδες χιόνος πίπτωσι θαμειαὶ ἤματι χειμερίῳ <span class="bibl">Il. 12.278</span>; <b class="b3">βρέχε… χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι</b>, a legendary statement of the wealth of Rhodes, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.34</span>; ἔπεα νιφάδεσσιν ἐοικότα χειμερίῃσιν <span class="bibl">Il. 3.222</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dem.Enc.</span>5</span>: sg. in collect. sense, [[snowstorm]], νιφὰς ἠὲ χάλαζα <span class="bibl">Il.15.170</span>; <b class="b3">[πάγος] βρέχετο πολλᾷ νιφάδι</b> was wrapt as in deep [[snow]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[shower]], πετρῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>199.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>212</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1129</span>; <b class="b3">τραχεῖα ν. πολέμοιο</b> [[storm]] or [[sleet]] of war, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).17</span>; <b class="b3">ὀμβρία ν</b>., of rain, Lyc.876; πληγῶν νιφάδες <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>112.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as fem. Adj., = [[νιφόεσσα]], [[πέτρα]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1060</span> (lyr.).</span>

|mdlsjtxt=νῐφάς, άδος, [[νίφω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a snowflake, in pl. snowflakes, Il., Hdt.; as a [[simile]] for [[persuasive]] [[eloquence]], ἔπεα νιφάδεσσι ἐοικότα χειμερίῃσιν Il.:—the sg. in [[collective]] [[sense]], a snowstorm, [[snow]], Il., Pind.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[generally]], a [[shower]] of stones, Aesch., Eur.; ν. πολέμου the [[sleet]] of war, Pind.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> as fem. adj., = νιφόεσσα, Soph.