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1 ὕδωρ
A ; [dialect] Boeot. [full] οὕδωρ prob. in IG7.3169 (Orchom.):—water, of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of seawater without an epith.,ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ. Od.3.300
, 7.277; butἁλμυρὸν ὕ. 9.227
, al., cf. Th.4.26; of rivers, ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, Il.2.825, 8.369, al.; so in Lyr. and Trag.,ὕ, Ἀσώπιον Pi.N. 3.3
;ὕ. τὸ Νείλου A.Supp. 561
(lyr.): freq. in pl. (but only once in Hom., ὕδατ'ἀενάοντα Od.13.109
), Καφίσια ὕδατα the waters of Cephisus, Pi.O.14.1;ῥυτῶν ὑδάτων S.OC 1599
;ὕδασιν τοίς Ἀχελῴου Id.Fr. 271
(anap.): spring-water, drinking-water,οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ ὕ. Od.1.110
;ἀφυσσάμεθ' ὕδωρ 9.85
;ὕδατα καὶ.. δῖτοι Pl.R. 404a
;πότιμον ὕ. X.HG3.2.19
; ὕ. πίνων a water-drinker, D.6.30, cf. 19.46, Ar.Eq. 349;ὕ. δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν Cratin.199
, cf. Aristopho 10.3, Bato 2.9, al.: ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός water for washing the hands, v. χείρ; φέρτε χερσὶν ὕ. Il.9.171;ὕ. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν 3.270
, Od.1.146, al.;λοέσσας ὕδατι λευκῷ Il.23.282
:—on γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν and διδόναι, v. γῆ 1.2b:—a curse was invoked upon those who refused fire (i.e. the right to borrow burning embers) or water or to direct a traveller on his way, Diph.62, cf. X.Oec.2.15:—prov.,ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕ. γράφω S.Fr. 811
, cf. Men.Mon.25;ἐν ὕδατι γράφειν Pl.Phdr. 276c
; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, Arist.EN 1146a35, cf. .2 rain-water, rain,ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς Il.16.385
;ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ Hdt.1.87
;ἐγίνετο ὕ. ἄπλετον Id.8.12
;πολύ Th.6.70
, D.59.99;ὕ. ἐπιγενόμενον πολύ X.HG1.6.28
;τὸ ὕ. τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός Th.2.5
, cf. Hdt.8.13: more definitely,ὕδωρ ἐζ οὐρανοῦ X.An. 4.2.2
, Aristid.Or.50(26).35 (but ἐζ οὐρανοῦ is a gloss in Th.2.77): pl.,ὕ. ὄμβρια Pi.O.11(10).2
; τὰ Διὸς, orπαρὰ τοῦ Δ., ὕ. Pl.Lg. 761a
, 761b;τὸ ἐκ Διὸς ὕ. Thphr.HP2.6.5
; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι, Ar.Nu. 1280, V. 261 (lyr.), cf. Thphr.Char.3.4: abs.,ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕ. Id.CP1.19.3
: κεραύνια ὕ. thunder-showers, Plu.2.664f;ὕ. πολλά, συνεχέα μαλθακῶς Hp.Epid.1.1
.4 in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock ([etym.] κλεψύδρ), and hence the time it took in running out,ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ D.44.45
;οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι τὸὕ. Id.45.47
; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ., in the time allowed me, Id.18.139, 57.61; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, Id.27.12;τὸ ὕ. ἀναλῶσαι Din.2.6
;πρὸς ὕ. σμικρὸν διδάζαι Pl.Tht. 201b
;ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τοῦ παντὸς ὕ. D.29.9
; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), Id.45.8;ἐγχεῖται τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὕ. τῷ κατηγόρῳ.., τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ὕ. τῷ φεύγοντι Aeschin.3.197
; ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ., to give him the turn of speaking, Id.1.162, Din.1.114.5 generally, liquid,ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε· οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός Arist.Mete. 382b13
, cf. Hp.Cord.12.II part of the constellation Aquarius, Arat.399.2 a name for the winter solstice, Paul.Al.A.4.III Ὕδατα, τά, as the name of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια, Lat. Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc., Ptol.Geog.2.10.8, 3.3.7, etc. [[pron. full] ῠ by nature,ὕ?ὕδωρXδωρ Il. 18.347
, al. (usu. with ὕ?ὕδωρX when not at end of line),ὕ?ὕδωρXδατος 16.229
, al.,ὕ?ὕδωρXδατι Od.12.363
, al.,ὕ?ὕδωρXδατ' 13.109
, and so always in [dialect] Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar.Ra. 1339); Hom. freq. has ὕ ¯ δωρ (always at end of line exc. in phraseΣτυγὸς ὕδωρ Il.15.37
), alsoὕ ¯ δατος Il. 21.300
, 312, Od.5.475,ὕ ¯ δατι Il.23.282
, Od.22.439; later [dialect] Ep. admits ὕ ¯ δωρ more freely, A.R.4.601, so that we find [pron. full] ῡ in the second half of the foot in h.Cer. 381, Batr.97, A.R.4.290, etc.; also in Alc.Supp.11.8.] (Cf. Skt. udán-, gen. udn-ás 'water', OE. woeter, O Norse vatn; I.-E. u(e)d- with suffix r alternating with n (ὕδ-ṇ- τος): cogn. with Skt. u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), [ per.] 3pl. u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Lat. unda.) -
2 ὑέτιος
A rainy, bringing rain, ;Ζεὺς ὑ. Id.Mu. 401a18
, SIG1107.4 (Cos. iii/ii B.C.), Corn. ND9 (so ὁ Ὑ. alone, Annuario 8/9.321 ([place name] Rhodes));ὑετιώτερος νότος Thphr.Vent.7
; cf.ὑετός 11
.2 of or belonging to rain, ὕδωρ ὑ. a fall of rain, Id.Sign.28; ὑ. ὕδατα rain-water, Plu.2.911ftit.; ὑέτια ἦν it was rainy weather, Hp.Epid.4.18; ὐετίων δὲ μὴ ἐχφέρειν wool shall not be brought out (for sale) in rainy weather, GDIiv p.876 (Ionia, iv B. C.).II Subst. ὑέτιος, ὁ, name of a stone. Cyran. 39. -
3 ὄμβριος
ὄμβρ-ιος, ον,Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὄμβριος
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12 Ζήν
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13 κεφαλή
κεφᾰλή, ἡ,A head of man or beast, Hom. (v.infr.), Alc.15, etc.; once in A., Th. 525 (lyr.), once in S., Aj. 238 (anap.), also in E., Fr. 308 (anap.), Rh. 226 (lyr.), al.;ἄλλου οὐδενὸς ἐμψύχου κ. γεύσεται Αἰγυπτίων οὐδείς Hdt.2.39
; κεφαλῇ.. μείζονες taller in stature, Il.3.168; so μείων.. κεφαλήν ib. 193 Aristarch.: freq. with Preps.,a κατὰ κεφαλῆς, [dialect] Ep. κὰκ κεφαλῆς, down over the head,κόνιν.. χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς Il.18.24
, cf. Od.8.85, etc.b κατὰ κεφαλήν, [dialect] Ep. κὰκ κεφαλήν on the head,Ἐρύλαον.. βάλε πέτρῳ μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν Il.16.412
, cf. 20.387, 475: in Prose, from above, X.HG7.2.8: c.gen., above, κ. κ. τινῶν γενέσθαι ib.7.2.11; τὸ κ. κ. ὕδωρ, of rain water, Thphr. HP4.10.7 (-ὴν codd.), CP6.18.10 (-ῆς): in Archit., upright, IG22.463.42; also, per head, each person (cf. infr. 1.2), Arist.Pol. 1272a14, LXX Ex.16.16;κατὰ κεφαλὴν τῶν κωμητῶν PPetr.2p.17
(iii B. C.).c ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, Il.23.169;τὰ πράγματα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς τὴν κ. σοι πάντ' ἐρῶ Ar.Pl. 650
.d ἐπὶ κεφαλήν head foremost, ἐπὶ κ. κατορύξαι to bury head downwards, Hdt.3.35; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθέεσθαι to be thrust headlong, Id.7.136, cf. Hyp.Fr. 251;ἐπὶ κ. ὠθεῖν τινα ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου Pl.R. 553b
;ἐπὶ τὴν κ. εἰς κόρακας ὦσον Men.Sam. 138
;εὐθὺς ἐπὶ κ. εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον βαδίζειν D.42.12
; οὐ βουλόμενος πολίτας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ κ. εἰσπράττειν τὸν μισθόν recklessly, Hyp.Lyc.17; ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρειν carry on high, in token of admiration, Pl. R. 600d.2 as the noblest part, periphr. for the whole person,πολλὰς ἰφθίμους κ. Il.11.55
, cf. Od.1.343, etc.; ἶσον ἐμῇ κ. no less than my self, Il.18.82;ἑᾷ κ. Pi.O.7.67
; esp. in salutation,φίλη κ. Il.8.281
, cf. 18.114;ἠθείη κ. 23.94
;Ἄπολλον, ὦ δία κ. E.Rh. 226
(lyr.): in Prose,Φαῖδρε, φίλη κ. Pl.Phdr. 264a
;τῆς θείας κ. Jul.Or. 7.212a
: in bad sense,ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί Hdt.3.29
;ὦ μιαρὰ κ. Ar.Ach. 285
: periphr. in Prose, : in bad sense,ἡ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀναιδὴς αὕτη κ. D.21.117
, cf. 18.153;ἡ κ. τῶν αὐτοῦ PRein.57.8
(iv A.D.); μεγάλη κ. a great personage, Vett. Val.74.7; cf. supr. 1 b fin.3 life,ἐμῇ κ. περιδείδια Il.17.242
;σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν, σὺν σφῇσιν κεφαλῇσι 4.162
; παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς staking their heads on the cast, Od.2.237; τὴν κ.ἀποβαλέεις Hdt.8.65
.4 in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τράποιτ' ἐμοί on my head be it! Ar.Ach. 833;ἐς τὴν κ. ἅπαντα τὴν σὴν τρέψεται Id.Nu.40
;ἃ σοὶ καὶ τοῖς σοῖς οἱ θεοὶ τρέψειαν εἰς κ. D.18.290
; ἐς κ. σοί (sc. τράποιτο) Ar. Pax 1063, Pl. 526;σοὶ εἰς κ. Pl.Euthd. 283e
;τὰ μὲν πρότερον.. ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ ἀναμάξας φέρω Hdt.1.155
;οἷς ἂν.. τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ἀναθεῖεν D.18.294
;τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ὑμῶν Act.Ap. 18.6
.II of things, extremity,a in Botany, κ. σκορόδου head ( = inflorescence) of garlic, Ar.Pl. 718, cf. Plb.12.6.4;κ. μήκωνος Thphr.HP9.8.2
; ῥίζα κ. ἔχουσα πλείονας tubers, Dsc.3.120.b in Anatomy, κεφαλαὶ τῆς κάτω γνάθου, prob. the condyloid and coronoid processes, Hp.Art.30; ἡ κ. τοῦ ὄρχεως, = ἐπιδιδυμίς, Arist.HA 510a14, cf. Gal.4.565; μηροῦ, κνήμης κ., Poll.2.186, 188; of the base of the heart, Gal.UP6.16; but, apex, Hp.Cord.7; of the sac in poulps, Arist.PA 654a23, 685a5; of muscles, origin, Gal.UP7.14.c generally, top, brim of a vessel, Theoc.8.87; coping of a wall, X.Cyr.3.3.68; capital of a column, CIG2782.31 ([place name] Aphrodisias), LXX 3 Ki.7.16, Poll.7.121.d in pl., source of a river, Hdt.4.91 (butsg., mouth,οἶδα Γέλα ποταμοῦ κεφαλῇ ἐπικείμενον ἄστυ Call.Aet.Oxy.2080.48
): generally, source, origin, Ζεὺς κ. (v.l. ἀρχή) , Ζεὺς μέσσα, Διὸς δ' ἒκ πάντα τελεῖται τέτυκται codd.) Orph.Fr. 21a; starting-point,κ. χρόνου Placit. 2.32.2
( κρόνου codd.), Lyd.Mens.3.4; κ. μηνός ib.12.IV κ. περίθετος wig, head-dress, Ar.Th. 258.V metaph., κ. δείπνου pièce de résistance, Alex. 172.15.2 crown, completion,κεφαλὴν ἐπιθεῖναι Pl.Ti. 69b
;ὥσπερ κ. ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς εἰρημένοις Id.Phlb. 66d
, cf. Grg. 505d;ὥσπερ κεφαλὴν ἔχουσα ἐπιστήμη Arist.EN 1141a19
; consummation,σχεῖν κ. Pl.Ti. 39d
.3 sum, total,πάσας ἐρρηγείας Tab.Heracl.1.36
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14 ὄμβρημα
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15 ἄρος 2
ἄρος 2.Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `rocks that take up rain water'; see ἄρος 1.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Note the lack of agreement in the gloss. Deuffner, Λεξικον τἦς τσακωνικἦς διαλέκτου, 47 compares Laconian ἀρε· λάκκος.Page in Frisk: --Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἄρος 2
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16 ὄμβρος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `rain, shower, thunder rain', also `rainwater', metaph. `water' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in ὀμβρο-φόρος `bringing rain' (A., Ar.); often as 2. member, e.g. ἔπ-, κάτ-ομβρος `rainy, wet because of rain' (Hp., Arist.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 108f., 145).Derivatives: Several adj.: ὄμβρ-ιος `belonging to rain, like rain' (Pi., Ion.), - ηρός `wet' (Hes.), - ηλός `id.' (Theognost.: cf. ὑδρηλός and Chantraine Form. 242), - ώδης `abundant in rain' (Thphr.), - ικός `id.' (Vett. Val.), - ιμος = `belonging to rain, rainy' (Nic. Th. 388, v.l., PMag. Lond.; Arbenz 25); also ἀνομβρήεις `abundant in rain' (Nic. Al. 288, Ὄλυμπος, from ἀν-ομβρέω; cf. below). -- Subst. ὀμβρία f. `rain' (sch.; cf. ἀντλία, ὑετία a.o., Scheller Oxytonierung 54f.). -- Verbs: 1. ὀμβρέω, - ῆσαι, also with ἀν-, ἐπ- a.o., `to (make) rain, to bewet' (Hes., LXX, A. R.) with ( ἐπ-)όμβρησις f. `raining etc.' (Suid., sch.), ὄμβρημα n. `rainwater' (LXX); 2. ὀμβρίζω = - έω (Eust.); 3. ὀμβροῦται imbricitur (Gloss.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: With ὄμβρος one compares first Lat. imber, - ris -n. `rain(shower)' with the same meaning with perh. second. i-flexion; Further, with slightly deviating meaning, Skt. abhrá-m n. `cloud'. One assumed that β after nasal could represent an aspirate, which is wrong (pace Schwyzer 333), so abhra- must be left out (for imber also * embhro- is possible). One assumed in these words an r-stem and beside it an s-stem, which was seen in Skt. ámbhas n. `water', also `rainwater' [for the same reason Arm. amb, amp, gen. -oy `cloud' must be left out.] -- There is no connection with νέφος, νεφέλη etc. -- Further several Europ. rivernames of Celt. origin(?) have been compared with ὄμβρος, e.g. NHG Amper, Engl. Amber. -- So wrong Pok. 315f. - So ομβρος has no etymology; Szemerenyi, Syncope 241f, 249 assumes a loanword (= a Pre-Greek word).Page in Frisk: 2,384-385Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὄμβρος
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17 βρέχω
A , al., ([etym.] ἀπο-) Gal.6.591, etc.: [tense] aor.ἔβρεξα Hp.Mul.1.78
, Pl.Phdr. 254c, X.An.4.3.12, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.βρᾰχήσομαι LXX Is.34.3
: [tense] aor. , X.An.1.4.17, etc.: [tense] aor. 2 ἐβράχην [ᾰ] Hp.Mul.1.80, Arist.Pr. 906b26, Sotion p.190 W., Gal.6.270, Anacreont.31.26; but (ii A. D.), Wilcken Chr.341.6 (ii A. D.): [tense] pf.βέβρεγμαι Pi.O.6.55
, Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 47:— wet, of persons walking through water,τὸ γόνυ Hdt.1.189
;τοὺς πόδας Pl.Phdr. 229a
; steep in water, Hp.VM 3;ἐν οἴνῳ Id.Fract.29
; β. χρυσέαις νιφάδεσσι πόλιν shower wealth upon it, Pi.O.7.34;δακρύοισιν ἔβρεξαν ὅλον τάφον IG14.1422
;β. ἐν δάκρυσι τὴν στρωμνήν LXX Ps.6.7
, cf. 77(78).27:—[voice] Pass., get wet,βρεχόμενοι πρὸς τὸν ὀμφαλόν X.An.4.5.2
; βρέχεσθαι ἐν ὕδατι to be bathed in sweat or drench themselves, Hdt.3.104 (soἱδρῶτι β. τὴν ψυχήν Pl.Phdr. 254c
); βεβρεγμένος filled with water, opp. διερός, Arist.GC 330a17; of sponges, Id.Mete. 386b5;ἄλφιτα β. ἐν ὕδατι Hp.Mul.2.110
; to be rained upon, Plb.16.12.3;ὄμβροις Str. 15.1.13
; esp. in Egypt of the inundation of the Nile,τὰ βρεχέντα πεδία PFlor.331.6
(ii A. D.); ἡ βεβρεγμένη (sc. γῆ) PTeb.71.2 (ii B. C.), OGI669.57 (i A. D.);γῆ οὐ βρεχομένη LXX Ez.22.24
:—but also intr. in [voice] Act., to be inundated, PPetr.3p.119 (iii B. C.), PTeb.106.19 (ii B. C.): metaph., ἀκτῖσι βεβρεγμένος steeped, bathed in light, Pi.O. 6.55;σιγᾷ βρέχεσθαι Id.Fr. 240
; of hard drinkers,μέθῃ βρεχθείς E.El. 326
; βεβρεγμένος tipsy, Eub.126.II rain, send rain, Ev. Matt.5.45;Ζεὺς ἔβρεχε POxy.1482.6
(ii A. D.): c. acc.,ἔβρεξε Κύριος χάλαζαν LXX Ex.9.23
; θεῖον ib.Ge.19.24, cf. Ev.Luc.17.29; ἄρτους Al.Ex.16.4.2 impers., βρέχει it rains, Telecl.54, Ep.Jac.5.17;ὅταν βρέχῃ Arr.Epict.1.6.26
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18 επομβρίζοντα
ἐπομβρίζωwater with rain: pres part act neut nom /voc /acc plἐπομβρίζωwater with rain: pres part act masc acc sg -
19 ἐπομβρίζοντα
ἐπομβρίζωwater with rain: pres part act neut nom /voc /acc plἐπομβρίζωwater with rain: pres part act masc acc sg -
20 επομβρίσαι
ἐπομβρίζωwater with rain: aor inf actἐπομβρίσαῑ, ἐπομβρίζωwater with rain: aor opt act 3rd sg
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Rain bird — Rain Rain (r[=a]n), n. [OE. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. bre chein to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English