νιφετός

niphetos

falling snow, snowstorm

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mundo 2
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394b1
394b2
Meteorology 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 347b34–349a11

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

371a8
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 3 610b20–611a4

610b26

Dictionary (LSJ)

νιφετός, ὁ, A. falling snow, snowstorm, ὄμβρον . . ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν Il. 10.7; οὐ νιφετός, οὔτʼ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτʼ ὄμβρος Od. 4.566, cf. Pi. Fr. 107.11, Hdt. 4.50, 8.98, Arist. Mete. 349a9, etc.: pl., OGI 199.7 (Adule). 2. rain, Nonn. D. 6.267, 8.260. 3. metaph., ν. λημμάτων Lib. Or. 57.48.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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