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|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, ([[χεῖμα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[winter]], χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν Il.17.549; χειμῶνι [[in winter]], 21.283; ἐν χειμῶνι Pi.''I.''2.42, A.''Ag.''969, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.3.8; ἐν τῷ χ. Id.''Cyr.''8.8.17; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ And.1.137; also [[χειμῶνος]] = [[in winter-time]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.8.9, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 415e; [[χειμῶνος μέσου]] = [[in mid-winter]], Ar.''Fr.''569.1; τοῦ χειμῶνος [[in the course of the winter]], Th.7.31; τοῦ αὐτοῦ χειμῶνος Id.8.30; <b class="b3">διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος</b>, Pl. ''Ti.''74c, X.''HG''3.2.9; χειμῶνα = [[during winter]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1138 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[χειμῶνι]]); <b class="b3">τὸν χειμῶνα</b> = [[during]] the [[winter]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.117, X.''HG''1.4.1; τὸν δεινὸν χ. Id.''An.'' 7.6.9; τὸν χειμῶνα ὅλον Ar.''Fr.''345; ὁ ἀμφὶ τὸν χειμῶνα [[χρόνος]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.6.22; <b class="b3">ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος</b> in [[consequence]] of the [[cold]] [[weather]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.138, cf. Th.2.101: pl., [[νιφοστιβής|νιφοστιβεῖς]] χειμῶνες [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''671; opp. [[καύμα]]τα, Pl.''Lg.''829b; ἀμυντικὴ χειμώνων Id.''Plt.''280e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[wintry]] [[quarter]] of the [[heaven]]s, the [[north]], Βορέης καὶ χ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.26.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[wintry]], [[stormy]] [[weather]]: generally, [[storm]], ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον Il.3.4; οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτ' ἂρ χ. πολὺς οὔτε ποτ' [[ὄμβρος]] Od.4.566; ὅτε τις χ. [[ἔκπαγλος]] ὄροιτο 14.522; ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον καὶ χειμῶν' ἐπιόντα Hes.''Op.''675, cf. Alc.18, Sapph.''Supp.''11.6, etc.; Γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν ἐκ χειμῶνος Pi.''I.''7(6).39; θεὸς χειμῶν' ὦρσε [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''496, cf. ''Ag.''649, 656, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1145, etc.; χειμὼν [[ὀρνιθία]]ς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''876; χ. κατερράγη [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.87; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. τε [[μέγας]] καὶ πολλὸς [[ἄνεμος]] Id.7.188, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 344d; ἐπιγενόμενος χ. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.34, Th.4.6; χειμῶνι χρησάμενοι Antipho 5.21; χειμὼν [[νοτερός]] = a [[storm]] of [[rain]], Th.3.21; ἐν εὐδίᾳ χειμῶνα ποιεῖν X.''HG''2.4.14: pl., <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τῶν χειμώνων</b> [[because]] of the [[winter]]-[[storm]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.62; ἔν γε χειμῶσιν καὶ ἐν εὐδίαις Pl.''Lg.'' 961e, cf. 919a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">θεόσσυτος χειμών</b> [[storm]] of [[calamity]] sent by the [[god]]s, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''643; <b class="b3">χειμὼν καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία</b> ib.1015, cf. ''Ch.''202 (pl.), 1066 (anap.); <b class="b3">δορὸς.. ἐν χειμῶνι</b> in the [[storm]] of [[battle]], S.''Ant.'' 670; <b class="b3">θολερῷ.. χ. νοσήσας</b>, of the madness of Ajax, Id.''Aj.''207 (anap.); <b class="b3">χειμὼν γήρως βαρύς</b>, of life's [[winter]], AP10.100 (Antiphan.); of a person, χειμὼν ὁ [[μειρακίσκος]] ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις Alex.178.7, cf. 46.4; χ. κατ' οἴκους.. κακὴ γυνή Men.''Mon.''540: rare in Prose, of [[battle]], Onos. 32.10; of mental and [[moral]] [[trouble]], Epicur.''Ep.''3p.62U., Polystr.p.19W.; <b class="b3">χειμὼν τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος</b>, of [[pirate]]s, Them.''Or.''23.286a: pl., <b class="b3">χειμῶνας ἔχειν</b> to have [[trouble]] (in [[cut]]ting [[teeth]]), Hp.''Dent.''12.