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|Definition=α, ον, Il.2.294, Pi.''O.''6.100; also ος, ον S.''Ph.''1194 (lyr.), Th.3.22:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wintry]], [[stormy]], ἄελλαι Il. [[l.c.]]; νιφάδες 3.222: [[ὕδωρ]] 23.420; [[ὄμβρος]] Hes.''Sc.''478, Pi.''P.''6.10, E.''Hel.''1481 (lyr., nowhere else in E., never in A.); νότος S. ''Ant.''335 (lyr.); ἄνεμοι Democr.14; <b class="b3">ὥρη χειμερίη</b> the [[wintry]] or [[stormy]] [[season]], Od.5.485, Hes.''Op.''494; ἦμαρ χ. Il.12.279, Hes.''Op.''524, 565 (pl.); [[νύξ]] Emp.84.2, Pi.''O.''6.100; νὺξ χ. ὕδατι καὶ ἀνέμῳ Th. [[l.c.]]; χ. πῦρ Pi.''P.''4.266; <b class="b3">οἱ χειμεριώτατοι μῆνες</b> the [[most]] [[wintry]] [[month]]s, Hdt.2.68; <b class="b3">τὰς χειμεριωτάτας [ἡμέρας]</b> Arist.''HA''599a24; so χ. κατὰ μῆνα Simon.12; <b class="b3">ἦρ χ.</b> a [[stormy]], [[cold]] [[spring]], Hp.Aër.10; <b class="b3">ἀκτὰ κυματοπλὴξ χειμερία</b> a [[shore]] stricken by the [[wintry]] [[wave]]s, S.''OC''1241 (lyr.); neuter plural as adverb, χειμέρια βροντᾷ Ar.''Fr.''46; <b class="b3">ἐν χειμερίοις</b> = [[in cold places]], opp. to <b class="b3">ἐν ἀλεεινοῖς</b>, Arist.''HA''613b2; <b class="b3">ἐὰν ἴδωσι.. χειμέρια</b> [[stormy]] [[weather]], ib.614b21; χ. αἱ σύνοδοι τῶν μηνῶν μᾶλλον ἢ αἱ μεσότητες Id.''GA''738a21. Adv. [[χειμερίως]] = [[in wintry fashion]], Hp.''Epid.''4.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">χ. λύπα</b> [[raging]] [[pain]], S.''Ph.''1194 (lyr.); <b class="b3">χ. τὰ πράγματα</b>, punningly, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''1141.—Correct writers use [[χειμέριος]] = [[wintry]], [[stormy]], [[χειμερινός]] (opp. [[θερινός]]) = [[in winter-time]], [[in the winter season]], but later authors neglected this distinction, [[χειμερίῃσι]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὥραις]]) Nic.''Al.''623; χειμέριοι τροπαί App.''BC''2.48, 52.