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λίψ

lips1 · ὁ

the SW. wind

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What it meant

λίψ · lips — LSJ

the SW. wind

the SW. wind, Hdt. 2.25, Arist. Mete. 364b2 (pl.), Mu. 394b27, Theoc. 9.11: pl., Plb. 10.10.3.

2 the South

the South, freq. in LXX, Ge. 13.14, al.

3 the West, West

the West, opp. ἀπηλιώτης, PTeb. 14.19 (ii B. C.), Vett.Val. 8.5, Paul.Al. A. 2, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.21.9, 1.49.45; rarely in LXX, 2 Ch. 32.30, 33.14, Thd. Da. 8.5; λιβός or λίβα εἰς ἀπηλιώτην from West to East, BGU 1037.15 (i A. D.), CPR 28.21 (ii A.D.).

4 position, on the W. horizon

Astron., πρωινὸς λ., μεσημβρινὸς λ., ὀψινὸς λ., position of a star on the W. horizon at sunrise, midday, or sunset, Ptol. Alm. 8.4.

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