ὄμβρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[storm]] of [[rain]], [[thunderstorm]], sent by [[Zeus]], ὅτ' ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄ. <span class="bibl">Il.5.91</span>; χειμάρρους . . ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ <span class="bibl">11.493</span>; ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης... τεύχων ἢ πολὺν ὄ. κτλ. <span class="bibl">10.6</span>; of a storm at sea, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>26.4; ὄ. λάβρος <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.12</span>; distinct fr. [[ὑετός]] or common rain, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>394a31</span>; but sts., [[heavy rain]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.98</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>146</span>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Tr.</span>78</span> : in plural, [[rains]], ὄ. πολλοὶ καὶ λάβροι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.81</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>350</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[water]], as an element, μήτε γῆ, μήτ' ὄ. ἱερός, μήτε φῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1428</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Emp.98.2</span>,<span class="bibl">21.5</span> : [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[ὄλβος]] in <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>953</span>; ὄ. ἀναγκαῖοι [[urine]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>4.443</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[inundation]], τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>61</span> (b).<span class="bibl">133</span> (ii B.C.), al.; ὀχετοὺς ἀγαγεῖν οἳ ἄξουσιν τὸν ὄ. εἰς τὰς ἐξαγωγούς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>383.13</span>(iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[storm]], [[shower]], <b class="b3">ἐν πολυφθόρῳ Διὸς ὄ</b>., of a battle, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>5(4).49</span>; δέδοικα δ' ὄμβρου κτύπον . . τὸν αἱματηρόν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1533</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">μέλας ὄ. χάλαζά θ' αἱματοῦσσ'</b> (<b class="b3">χαλάζης αἵματος</b> codd.) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1279</span>; ὄμβρῳ δακρυόεντι <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>16.345</span>; πυρὸς ὄμβροι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.22</span>; ἡδὺς ὄ. ἀοιδῆς <span class="title">AP</span>9.364 (Nestor).</span><br />(B)· [[χοιρίδιον]], Hsch. (Cf. [[ὄβρια]].)