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νότιος

notios

moist, damp, rainy

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1. νότ-ιος · not-ios — LSJ

moist, damp, rainy, damp, the water

moist, damp, rainy, ν. ἱδρώς damp sweat, Il. 11.811, 23.715 ; ν. θέρος Pi. Fr. 107.13 ; ἔαρ Hp. Aph. 3.11, cf. Arist. Pr. 860a36 ; παγαί A. l.c. ; ὑψοῦ δʼ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γʼ ὅρμισαν [ναῦν] well out in the water, opp. the beach, Od. 4.785, 8.55 ; ν. δῖναι ἅλμας E. Hipp. 150 (lyr.) : Comp., Str. 4.4.1.

2 bringing rain

bringing rain, ἀστέρες Arat. 238, cf. 490 (both Comp.).

II to the south, southern, south, southerly, during southerly winds, southerly, from southern slopes, Piscis Australis

to the south, southern, ν. θάλασσα Hdt. 4.13, 6.31 ; esp. of the Indian Ocean, Id. 3.17, cf. 2.11, 158 ; τὸ τεῖχος τὸ ν., at Athens, And. 3.7 ; ν. ἀήτης a south wind, A.R. 4.1538 ; νότια (with or without πνεύματα) southerly winds, Arist. Mete. 364a19, Pol. 1290a14 ; νοτίοις during southerly winds, Id. HA 574a1 ; νότια πνεῖ Thphr. CP 1.13.5 ; ἐὰν ᾖ νότια Id. HP 4.14.9 ; ὁ ν. ἀήρ Arist. Mete. 377b27 ; τὰ ν. ὕδατα southerly rains, ib. 358a28 ; ν. [ὕδωρ] water from southern slopes, Id. HA 596a28 ; ν

2. νώτ-ιος · nōt-ios — LSJ

collat. form of νωτιαῖος, Philox. 2.28 (s.v.l.) ; ν. σπόνδυλοι Ti.Locr. 100a.

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