ὑετός

hyetos

rain

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 6
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Book I 5
Chapter 9 346b16–347a12

347a12

Chapter 11 347b12–33

347b17
347b18
347b31

Chapter 12 347b34–349a11

349a9
Book III 1
Chapter 1 370b3–371b17

370b12
De Mundo 3
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394a31
Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

399a24
Chapter 7 401a12–401b29

401a18
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 652a24–653b18

653a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑετός [ῡ], ὁ, (ὕω) A. rain, Il. 12.133, Hes. Op. 545; ποιεῖν ὑετόν Ar. V. 263 (lyr.); esp. a heavy shower (whereas ὄμβρος is continuous rain, ψεκάς or ψακάς drizzle), Antipho 5.22, X. Cyn. 5.4, Arist. Mete. 347a12, Mu. 394a31, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.203: pl., rains, Diog. Apoll.3, Arist. PA 653a4. II. as Adj. in Sup., ἄνεμοι ὑετώτατοι the rainiest winds, Hdt. 2.25 (where θυετιώτατοι cod. D., ὑετιώτατοι Hude). [ῡ Hom., Hes., Att.; later ῠ in ῠετοῖο Nic. Th. 273.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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