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κατανείφω

kataneipho

snow all over, cover with snow

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What it meant

κατανείφω · kataneiphō — LSJ

snow all over, cover with snow, snow fell over all, sprinkle as with snow

snow all over, cover with snow, κατένειψε χιόνι τὴν Θρᾴκην [ὁ θεός], i.e. snow fell over all Thrace, Ar. Ach. 138:—Pass., Plu. Luc. 24: metaph., sprinkle as with snow, Luc. VH 2.14; κατανείψων ἀπὸ γλώσσης ἅπαντας Id. Lex. 15.

II it snows, were it to snow

abs., κατανείφει it snows, κεἰ κριμνώδη κατανείφοι even were it to snow thick as meal, Ar. Nu. 965.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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