χειμέριος

χειμέριος, α, ον, Il. 2.294, Pi. O. 6.100; also ος, ον S. Ph. 1194 (lyr.), Th. 3.22:—A. wintry, stormy, ἄελλαι Il. l.c.; νιφάδες 3.222: ὕδωρ 23.420; ὄμβρος Hes. Sc. 478, Pi. P. 6.10, E. Hel. 1481 (lyr., nowhere else in E., never in A.); νότος S. Ant. 335 (lyr.); ἄνεμοι Democr. 14; ὥρη χειμερίη the wintry or stormy season, Od. 5.485, Hes. Op. 494; ἦμαρ χ. Il. 12.279, Hes. Op. 524, 565 (pl.); νύξ Emp. 84.2, Pi. O. 6.100; νὺξ χ. ὕδατι καὶ ἀνέμῳ Th. l.c.; χ. πῦρ Pi. P. 4.266; οἱ χειμεριώτατοι μῆνες the most wintry months, Hdt. 2.68; τὰς χειμεριωτάτας [ἡμέρας] Arist. HA 599a24; so χ. κατὰ μῆνα Simon. 12; ἦρ χ. a stormy, cold spring, Hp. Aër. 10; ἀκτὰ κυματοπλὴξ χειμερία a shore stricken by the wintry waves, S. OC 1241 (lyr.); neut. pl. as Adv., χειμέρια βροντᾷ Ar. Fr. 46; ἐν χειμερίοις in cold places, opp. to ἐν ἀλεεινοῖς, Arist. HA 613b2; ἐὰν ἴδωσι . . χειμέρια stormy weather, ib.614b21; χ. αἱ σύνοδοι τῶν μηνῶν μᾶλλον ἢ αἱ μεσότητες Id. GA 738a21. Adv. ίως in wintry fashion, Hp. Epid. 4.7. 2. metaph., χ. λύπα raging pain, S. Ph. 1194 (lyr.); χ. τὰ πράγματα, punningly, Ar. Ach. 1141.—Correct writers use χειμέριος = wintry, stormy, χειμερινός (opp. θερινός) = in winter-time, in the winter season, but later authors neglected this distinction, χειμερίῃσι (sc. ὥραις) Nic. Al. 623; χειμέριοι τροπαί App. BC 2.48, 52.