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νιφετός

νιφετός, falling snow, a snowstorm

νῐφ-ετός, ὁ,
  • falling snow, snowstorm, ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν Il. 10.7; οὐ νιφετός, οὔτʼ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτʼ ὄμβρος Od. 4.566, cf. Pi. Fr. 107.11, Hdt. 4.50, 8.98, Arist. Mete. 349a9, etc.: pl., OGI 199.7 (Adule).
      • 2 rain, Nonn. D. 6.267, 8.260.
      • 3 metaph., ν. λημμάτων Lib. Or. 57.48.

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