νότιος

notios

moist, damp, rainy

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8307
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11811
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23715
Odyssey 2
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4785
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

855

Dictionary (LSJ)

νότιος, α, ον, also ος, ον A. Pr. 402 (lyr.), Str. 2.1.22, etc. :—A. moist, damp, rainy, ν. ἱδρώς damp sweat, Il. 11.811, 23.715 ; ν. θέρος Pi. Fr. 107.13 ; ἔαρ Hp. Aph. 3.11, cf. Arist. Pr. 860a36 ; παγαί A. l.c. ; ὑψοῦ δʼ ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γʼ ὅρμισαν [ναῦν] well out in the water, opp. the beach, Od. 4.785, 8.55 ; ν. δῖναι ἅλμας E. Hipp. 150 (lyr.) : Comp., Str. 4.4.1. 2. bringing rain, ἀστέρες Arat. 238, cf. 490 (both Comp.). II. to the south, southern, ν. θάλασσα Hdt. 4.13, 6.31 ; esp. of the Indian Ocean, Id. 3.17, cf. 2.11,158 ; τὸ τεῖχος τὸ ν., at Athens, And. 3.7 ; ν. ἀήτης a south wind, A.R. 4.1538 ; νότια (with or without πνεύματα) southerly winds, Arist. Mete. 364a19, Pol. 1290a14 ; νοτίοις during southerly winds, Id. HA 574a1 ; νότια πνεῖ Thphr. CP 1.13.5 ; ἐὰν ᾖ νότια Id. HP 4.14.9 ; ὁ ν. ἀήρ Arist. Mete. 377b27 ; τὰ ν. ὕδατα southerly rains, ib.358a28 ; ν. [ὕδωρ] water from southern slopes, Id. HA 596a28 ; ν. Ἰχθῦς, the constellation Piscis Australis, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 2.1.21 (νότειος Ἰ. PLond. 1.130.148 (i/ii A.D.)) : Comp. -ώτερος Porph. Antr. 21 : Sup. -ώτατος Str. 13.1.68.

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