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ὄμβρος

ombros

rain, shower, thunderstorm

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὄμβρος · ombros — Beekes

ὄμβρος [m.] ‘rain, shower, thunderstorm’, also ‘rainwater’, metaph. ‘water’ (11... «ΡΟ» “ΟΟΜΡ As a first member e.g. in ὀμβρο-φόρος ‘bringing rain’ (A., Ar.); often as ἃ second member, eg. in ἔτι-, κάτ-ομβρος ‘rainy, wet with rain’ (Hp., Arist.). *DER Adjectives: 6uBp-toc ‘ptng. to rain, like rain’ (Pi., Ion.), -ηρός ‘wet’ (Hes.), -ηλός ‘id.’ (Theognost.), cf. ὑδρηλός; -ὥδης ‘abundant in rain’ (Thphr.), -κός ‘id.’ … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄμβρος, p. 1126]

2. ὄμβρος · ombros — Chantraine

ὄμβρος : m. « averse violente, orage (parfois au figuré), pluie», parfois «eau, inondation» (Hom., ion.-att.); champ sémantique différent de celui de Geréc « pluie, eau de pluie », cf. Arist. Mu. 394 a. Composés : ὀμδρο-βλυτέω (Suid.}, cf. βλύζω, -κτύπος (Æsch.), -pépos (Æsch., Ar.). Au second terme de composé : ἄνομδρος, δυσ-, et avec préverbes ἐπ-, xat- «pluvieux, pénétré par la pluies (Hp., etc.), cf. Stromberg, … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄμβρος, p. 813]

3. ὄμβρος · ombros — Frisk

ὄμβρος m. ‘Regen, Regenguß, Gewitterregen’, auch “Regenwasser’, übertr. “das Naß’ (seit Il.). Als Vorderglied z.B. in ὀμβρο-φόρος “Regen bringend’ (A., Ar.); oft als Hinterglied, z.B. ἔπ-, κάττομβρος "regnerisch, vom Regen durchnäßt’ (Hp., Arist. usw.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 108f., 145). — Davon mehrere Adj.: öußo-ıos “zum Regen gehörig, regenartig’ (Pi., ion. usw.), -ηρός “regnerisch’ (Hes.), -ηλός ‘ds.’ … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄμβρος, p. 1356]

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄμβρος (scan p. 1126; entry #4542).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄμβρος (scan pp. 813-814; entry #5902). Root candidates: *enbh-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄμβρος (scan pp. 1356-1357; entry #4251). Root candidates: *mbhro-, *embhro-, *embhos-.

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