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Headword: Ὑετός
Adler number: upsilon,75
Translated headword: rainstorm
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
The upsilon is long.
"Bringing a great rainstorm he stopped."[1]
Aelian [writes]: "As rainstorms were falling upon [them], a strong hailstorm also poured [on them]."[2]
And ὑετός ["rainstorm"] [is] a change from cloud into water, when moisture drawn up from earth or sea is brought down [again].[3]
Greek Original:
Ὑετός: τὸ υ μακρόν. ἄγων μέγαν ὑετὸν ἔστη. Αἰλιανός: ἐμπιπτόντων ὑετῶν, καὶ χάλαζα ἰσχυρὰ ἔρρευσε. καὶ ὑετός, ἐκ νέφους μεταβολὴ εἰς ὕδωρ, ἐπειδὰν ἐκ γῆς ἢ ἐκ θαλάττης ἀνενεχθεῖσα ὑγρασία κατενεχθῇ.
Notes:
[1] Callimachus, Hekale fr.238.22-23; quoted already at mu 251.
[2] Aelian fr.65 Hercher.
[3] Stoic material from Diogenes Laertius 7.153.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; poetry; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 April 2009@01:13:09.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another keyword; tweaks) on 27 April 2009@05:21:07.
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