ὀμίχλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[ὁμίχλη]] Eust.117.33 and v. infr.; a form [[ὄμιχλα]] is condemned by Hdn. Philet.p.445 P., ἡ, [[mist]], [[vapour]], [[vapor]], [[fog]] (not so thick as [[νέφος]] or [[νεφέλη]], Arist. Mete.346b33, cf. Mu.394a19), Hom. only in Il.; εὖτ' ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Νότος κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην 3.10; so [[Thetis]] rises from the sea, ἠΰτ' ὀμίχλη 1.359; ὀμίχλη καὶ δρόσος Ar.Nu.330; κονίης ὀμίχλην Il.13.336; ὀμίχλη ἐγένετο X.An.4.2.7, etc. : metaph., ὄσσοις ὁμίχλα προσῇξε πλήρης δακρύων A.Pr.145(lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cloud]]-[[like]] [[darkness]], [[gloom]], κατὰ νυκτὸς ὀ. AP5.228 (Maced.), cf. Orph.A.521, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> the [[steam]] of [[cookery]], Mnesim.4.64. (Cf. Lith. miglà '[[mist]]'.)