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νότιος

νότιος, wet, moist, damp; southern

νότ-ιος, α, ον, also ος, ον A. Pr. 402 (lyr.), Str. 2.1.22, etc.:—
  • moist, damp, rainy, ν. ἱδρώς damp sweat, Il. 11.811, 23.715; ν. θέρος Pi. Fr. 107.13; ἔαρ Hp. Aph. 3.11, cf. Arist. Pr. 860a36; παγαί A. l.c.; ὑψοῦ δʼ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γʼ ὅρμισαν [ναῦν] well out in the water, opp. the beach, Od. 4.785, 8.55; ν. δῖναι ἅλμας E. Hipp. 150 (lyr.): Comp., Str. 4.4.1.
      • 2 bringing rain, ἀστέρες Arat. 238, cf. 490 (both Comp.).
    • II to the south, southern, ν. θάλασσα Hdt. 4.13, 6.31; esp. of the Indian Ocean, Id. 3.17, cf. 2.11, 158; τὸ τεῖχος τὸ ν., at Athens, And. 3.7; ν. ἀήτης a south wind, A.R. 4.1538; νότια (with or without πνεύματα) southerly winds, Arist. Mete. 364a19, Pol. 1290a14; νοτίοις during southerly winds, Id. HA 574a1; νότια πνεῖ Thphr. CP 1.13.5; ἐὰν ᾖ νότια Id. HP 4.14.9; ὁ ν. ἀήρ Arist. Mete. 377b27; τὰ ν. ὕδατα southerly rains, ib. 358a28; ν. [ὕδωρ] water from southern slopes, Id. HA 596a28; ν. Ἰχθῦς, the constellation Piscis Australis, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 2.1.21 (νότειος Ἰ. PLond. 1.130.148 (i/ii A.D.)): Comp. -ώτερος Porph. Antr. 21: Sup. -ώτατος Str. 13.1.68.

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