κατανείφω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <b class="b3">-νείψω</b> (v. infr.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[snow all over]], [[cover with snow]], <b class="b3">κατένειψε Χιόνι τὴν Θρᾴκην</b> [<b class="b3">ὁ θεός</b>], i.e. [[snow fell over all]] Thrace, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ach.</span>138</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>24</span>: metaph., [[sprinkle as with snow]], Luc. <span class="title">VH</span>2.14; κατανείψων ἀπὸ γλώσσης ἅπαντας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lex.</span>15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> abs., [[κατανείφει]] [[it snows]], <b class="b3">κεἰ κριμνώδη κατανείφοι</b> even [[were it to snow]] thick as meal, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>965</span>.</span>