hĭems — Lewis & Short
hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f.Gr. xiw/n, xei=ma; Sanscr. himas, snow,
I the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).
I Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):
solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);
opp. to aestas,Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§
31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:
hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:
summa,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:
gravissimā hieme,Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:
jamque hiems appropinquabat,id. ib. 3, 9, 8:
initā hieme,id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:
jam prope hieme confectā,id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:
hiems jam praecipitaverat,id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:
modestia hiemis,Tac. A. 12, 43:
bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:
stridebat deformis hiems,Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:
confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,Lucr. 6, 373:
est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:
informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:
in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:
seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:
post certas hiemes,id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:
sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—
B Transf. (mostly poet.).
1 Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:
imber Noctem hiememque ferens,Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:
non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,id. G. 3, 470:
Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:
maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:
qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,Nep. Att. 10 fin.—
2 In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence (poet.):
sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:
Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;
so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,Val. Fl. 4, 508:
instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—
II Trop.
1 Cold, storm (poet.):
ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:
hiems rerum,the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—
2 Trouble, distress:
suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.