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χειμών

cheimon · ὁ

winter, in winter, in winter-time

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Where it lives

  • 2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
  • On Hunting 7 · 7.69/10k
  • History 106 · 7.09/10k
  • Ajax 5 · 6.36/10k
  • De Mundo 4 · 6.31/10k
  • Agamemnon 5 · 6.16/10k
  • Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
  • Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
  • Critias 2 · 4.05/10k
  • Libation Bearers 2 · 3.72/10k
  • Hellenica 23 · 3.5/10k

Densest 12 of 61 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

winter, in winter, in winter-time, in, winter, in the course of the winter, during winter, during, winter, the cold weather

winter, χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν Il. 17.549; χειμῶνι in winter, 21.283; ἐν χειμῶνι Pi. I. 2.42, A. Ag. 969, X. Mem. 4.3.8; ἐν τῷ χ. Id. Cyr. 8.8.17; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ And. 1.137; also χειμῶνος in winter-time, X. Mem. 3.8.9, Pl. R. 415e; χ. μέσου in mid-winter, Ar. Fr. 569.1; τοῦ χ. in the course of the winter, Th. 7.31; τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. Id. 8.30; διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ., Pl. Ti. 74c, X. HG 3.2.9; χειμῶνα during winter, S. OT 1138 (v.l. χειμῶνι) ; τὸν χ. during the winter, H

2 the wintry quarter, the north

the wintry quarter of the heavens, the north, Βορέης καὶ χ. Hdt. 2.26.

II wintry, stormy weather, storm, a storm, winter-storms

wintry, stormy weather: generally, storm, ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον Il. 3.4; οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτʼ ἂρ χ. πολὺς οὔτε ποτʼ ὄμβρος Od. 4.566; ὅτε τις χ. ἔκπαγλος ὄροιτο 14.522; ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον καὶ χειμῶνʼ ἐπιόντα Hes. Op. 675, cf. Alc. 18, Sapph. Supp. 11.6, etc.; Γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν ἐκ χειμῶνος Pi. I. 7(6).39; θεὸς χειμῶνʼ ὦρσε A. Pers. 496, cf. Ag. 649, 656, S. Aj. 1145, etc.; χ. ὀρνιθίας Ar. Ach. 876; χ. κατερράγη Hdt. 1.87; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. τε μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἄνεμος Id. 7.188, cf

2 storm of calamity, storm, winter, trouble, trouble

metaph., θεόσσυτος χ. storm of calamity sent by the gods, A. Pr. 643; χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ib. 1015, cf. Ch. 202 (pl.), 1066 (anap.); δορὸς . . ἐν χειμῶνι in the storm of battle, S. Ant. 670; θολερῷ . . χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, Id. Aj. 207 (anap.); χ. γήρως βαρύς, of lifeʼs winter, AP 10.100 (Antiphan.); of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις Alex. 178.7, cf. 46.4; χ. κατʼ οἴκους . . κακὴ γυνή Men. Mon. 540: rare in Prose, of battle, Onos. 32.10; of mental and moral trouble,

In the wild

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Where it came from

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