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ὕπομβρος

ὕπομβρος, mixed with rain

ὕπ-ομβρος, ον,
  • mixed with rain, θέρος ὕ. a rainy summer, Plu. Cam. 3 (as v.l. for ἔπομβρον) ; ἔαρ Gp. 1.12.21; νύξ EM 450.49; γῆ Philostr. Im. 1.9, cf. Ph. Bel. 82.28, 97.27; impregnated, ἀσφάλτῳ Philostr. VA 1.24.
    • II ὕπομβρον ὀστέον Hp. ap. Erot., who explains it as ὑπόνομον καὶ κάθυγρον γεγονός, and ap. Gal. 19.149, who says ὕφυγρον, ὑπόπυον, where the reference is to Hp. VC 15; μόλις ὕπομβρον γενόμενον καὶ κατακλυσθὲν τὸ ἱερεῖον apparently drenched, as t.t. in divination, Plu. Def.orac. 2.438a.

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