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ἐκνεφ-ίας

eknephias · ὁ

a hurricane, caused by clouds meeting and bursting

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k

What it meant

ἐκνεφ-ίας · ekneph-ias — LSJ

a hurricane, caused by clouds meeting and bursting

a hurricane, caused by clouds meeting and bursting, Alex. 46.5, Arist. Mete. 365a1; νότος ἐ. D.S. 20.88.

2 with sunshine, seen through clouds

ἐ. ὄμβρος rain with sunshine, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.96; ἐ. ἥλιος seen through clouds, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.9.1, cf. Philostr. Gym. 58.

ἐ. πυρετός, perh. fever with sweating, Hp. ap. Gal. l.c.

In the wild

ἐκνεφίαι · eknephiai Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 67)

Where it came from

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