χειμέριος: Difference between revisions

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

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