ὕω

ὕω [ῡ in pres. exc. in Herod. 7.46]: fut. ὕσω [ῡ] Cratin. 121, Ar. Nu. 1118, 1129 (both troch.): aor. ὗσα Pi. O. 7.50, Hdt. 2.22, Thphr. CP 4.14.3, etc. (v. infr.):—Med., fut. (as Pass.) ὕσομαι Hdt. 2.14:—Pass., aor. ὕσθην Id. 3.10: pf. part. ἐφ-υσμένος X. Cyn. 9.5:—

• rain, ὗε Ζεύς Il. 12.25, Od. 14.457, cf. Hes. Op. 488, Thgn. 26; κἢν ὕῃ [ῠ] Ζεύς Herod. 7.46; ὗσον, ὗσον, ὦ φίλε Ζεῦ, κατὰ τῆς ἀρούρας Votum ap. M.Ant. 5.7; [ὕει] ὁ θεὸς Hdt. 2.13; τίς ὕει; Ar. Nu. 368 (anap.), cf. 370 sq.; ὕσομεν πρώτοισιν ὑμῖν, of the clouds, ib. 1118 (troch.):—but,
• • • 2 after Hom. ὕει was used impers. (cf. νείφω, etc.), it rains, Hes. Op. 552, Hdt. 2.22, 4.28; ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ Id. 1.87; εἰ ὗε if it rained, Id. 4.185; ὕοντος when it is raining, Ar. V. 774; ὕοντος πολλῷ as it was raining heavily, X. HG 1.1.16 (where Eust. read πολλοῦ, 1769.39); πολὺ ὕσαντος after it had rained heavily, Thphr. CP 4.14.3; ὕε, κύε, prayer addressed by hierophants to sky and earth, BCH 20.79 (Athens, i A. D.), Procl. in Ti. 3.176 D.
    • 3 sts. c. acc. loci, ἑπτὰ ἐτέων οὐκ ὗε τὴν Θήρην it did not rain on Thera, Hdt. 4.151; τὴν χώραν ὗεν ὁ θεός Paus. 2.29.7; ὄμβρος ὗε πόντον καὶ νῆσον A.R. 2.1115 (hence the pass. usage, v. infr. II.1.).
    • 4 freq. c. acc. cogn., ὗσε χρυσόν it rained gold, Pi. O. 7.50; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ Ar. Nu. 1280; ὗσεν ὁ θεὸς ἰχθύας, βατράχους, Phan.Hist. 1 [17b], Heraclid.Lemb. 3; ὕεις εὐσεβέσιν χύδην χρυσεόρρυτον ὄλβον Supp.Epigr. 7.14.23 (Susa, Hymn to Apollo, i A. D.); νεφέλαι ὕουσι [μύρον] Luc. VH 2.14: also c. dat. modi, ψακαζέτω δʼ ἄρτοισιν, ὑέτω δʼ ἔτνει Nicopho 13; ὕσαντα τὸν θεὸν ἰχθύσι Ath. 8.333a.
  • II Pass., with fut. Med., to be drenched with rain, λέων ὑόμενος Od. 6.131; ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι Thebes was rained upon, i.e. it rained there, Hdt. 3.10; ὕεται ἡ χώρη Id. 2.13, cf. 14, 22, 25; ἡ γῆ ὕεται ὀλίγῳ it rains little or seldom there, Id. 1.193; σῖτος ὑσθείς Thphr. HP 8.11.4; ὑόμενος μύρῳ Alex. 62.8; ὄνος ὕεται he is like an ass in rain, prov. of an obstinate person, Cratin. 52 (troch.); ἐγὼ δὲ τοῖς λόγοις ὄνος ὕομαι Cephisod. 1.
  • • 2 sts., fall down in rain, in a shower, ὑσθῆναί φασιν χρυσόν Str. 14.2.10; ὕδωρ ὑόμενον Plu. Aet. phys. 2.912a. (Cf. Skt. sunóti ‘press out juice’.)

ὕω, fut. ὕσω, aor. pass. ὕσθην, naß machen, befeuchten, bes. vom Regen, regnen lassen, Ζεὺς ὗε, Zeus ließ regnen, Il. 12.25, Od. 14.457 ; Hes. O. 490 ; Theogn. 26 ; ὁ θεὸς ὕει Her. 2.13, 3.119 ; gew. aber ohne das subj., impersonell, ὕει, es regnet, Hes. O. 554 ; Her. 4.28, vgl. 2.22 ; εἰ ὗε, wenn es regnen sollte, 4.185 ; ὕδατι ὗσαι 1.87 ; vgl. ὕσαντα θεὸν ἰχθύσι Ath. VIII.333a, wo aber im Folgdn auch ὗσαι ἰχθύας, βατράχους gesagt ist, wie ὗσε χρυσόν, es regnete Gold, Pind. Ol. 7.50 ; ὕοντος πολλῷ, da es sehr regnete, Xen. Hell. 1.1.16. An die ursprüngliche Auffassung erinnert noch die Vrbdg mit dem acc., ἑπτὰ ἐτέων οὐκ ὗε τὴν Θήρην, Her. 4.151, d.i. sieben Jahre lang beregnete der Gott die Insel nicht ; vgl. Pausan. 2.29.6. – Auch pass., ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι, Theben wurde beregnet, oder es regnete in Theben, Her. 3.10 ; eben so ὕεται ἡ γῆ, ἡ χώρα, τὰ χωρία, es regnet im Lande, 2.13, 14, 22, 4.50, 198 ; ἡ γῆ ὕεται ὀλίγῳ, es regnet wenig od. selten, 1.193 ; ὕσθη ἡ πόλις, die Stadt wurde beregnet, Plut. Lyc. 24 ; λέων ὑόμενος, der beregnet wird, im Regen, Od. 6.181 ; u. der oben angeführten Struktur entsprechend, ὕεται χρυσός, es regnet Gold, nur Sp.

ὕω

To rain : ὗε Ζεύς Il. 12.25 : Od. 14.457.

In pass., to be rained upon : ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος Od. 6.131.

ὕω trans.,

• 1rain κείνοισι μὲν ξανθὰν ἀγαγὼν νεφέλαν πολὺν ὗσε χρυσόν (sc. Ζεύς) O. 7.50

ὕω , ipf. ὗε, pass. part. ὗόμενος: rain; subj. Ζεύς, ‘sent rain;’ pass., ‘beaten by rain,’ ‘drenched with rain,’ Od. 6.131.

ὕω

• • • 1to send rain, to rain, Ζεὺς ὗε Hom., etc.; ὁ θεὸς ὕει Hdt.:—then, the nom. being omitted, ὕει used impers., Lat. pluit, it rains, Hes., Hdt.; ὕοντος when it is raining, Ar.; ὕοντος πολλῷ as it was raining heavily, Xen.
    • 2c. acc. loci, ἑπτὰ ἐτέων οὐκ ὗε τὴν Θήρην for seven years it did not rain on Thera, Hdt.:—hence in Pass., with fut. mid. to be rained on, Od.; ὕσθησαν αἱ Θῆβαι Thebes was rained upon, i. e. it rained there, Hdt.; ἡ χώρη ὕεται, i. e. it rains in the country, Hdt.
    • 3c. acc. cogn., ὗσε χρυσόν it rained gold, Pind.; καινὸν ἀεὶ Ζεὺς ὕει ὕδωρ Ar.