sleet
sleet
subs.
Hail: P. and V. χά̆λαζα, ἡ ; see also rain.
subs.
Hail: P. and V. χά̆λαζα, ἡ ; see also rain.
SLEET
pruina; nix concreta pruina (Lucr.): *imber niveus; *pluvia grandinosa or nivea.
pruina; nix concreta pruina (Lucr.): *imber niveus; *pluvia grandinosa or nivea.
sleet: perh. nivosa grando: Liv. 21, 58. (R. and A. give nix concreta pruina, from Lucr. 3, 20. but those words are simply descriptive of snow in general.) Or perh. *nix grandine mixta ac concreta.