ἐπομβρία

epombria

heavy rain, abundance of rain

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book V 2
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b22

Chapter 30 556a14–556b20

556b6
Book VI 1
Chapter 21 575a13–575b20

575b19
Book VIII 1
Chapter 18 601a23–601b8

601a29
Book IX 1
Chapter 41 627b23–628b31

628b29
Meteorology 4
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Book II 4
Chapter 4 359b27–361b13

360b6
361b10

Chapter 7 365a14–365b20

365b10

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366b3
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 10 759a8–761a11

760b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπομβρία, ἡ, A. heavy rain, abundance of rain, Hp. Aph. 3.15 (pl.), D. 55.11, etc.: generally, abundance of wet, πνευμάτων A. Fr. 300 : opp. αὐχμός, Hp. Aër. 23, Ar. Nu. 1120 : pl., Arist. Mete. 360b6, Thphr. HP 3.1.5, Str. 11.3.4, etc. : metaph., shower, χερμάδων Lyc. 333 ; deluge, δέλτων Lib. Ep. 333.5. 2. the Deluge, J. AJ 1.2.3, al. II. humidity, of the body, Aret. SA 2.4, SD 2.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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