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χειμών

cheimon

winter

Appears 32 times across Plato's dialogues.

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χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ, (χεῖμα) A. winter, χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν Il. 17.549; χειμῶνι in winter, 21.283; ἐν χειμῶνι Pi. I. 2.42, A. Ag. 969, X. Mem. 4.3.8; ἐν τῷ χ. Id. Cyr. 8.8.17; χειμῶνος ὥρᾳ And. 1.137; also χειμῶνος in winter-time, X. Mem. 3.8.9, Pl. R. 415e; χ. μέσου in mid-winter, Ar. Fr. 569.1; τοῦ χ. in the course of the winter, Th. 7.31; τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. Id. 8.30; διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ., Pl. Ti. 74c, X. HG 3.2.9; χειμῶνα during winter, S. OT 1138 (v.l. χειμῶνι) ; τὸν χ. during the winter, Hdt. 3.117, X. HG 1.4.1; τὸν δεινὸν χ. Id. An. 7.6.9; τὸν χ. ὅλον Ar. Fr. 345; ὁ ἀμφὶ τὸν χ. χρόνος X. Cyr. 8.6.22; ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος in consequence of the cold weather, Hdt. 8.138, cf. Th. 2.101: pl., νιφοστιβεῖς χειμῶνες S. Aj. 671; opp. καύματα, Pl. Lg. 829b; ἀμυντικὴ χειμώνων Id. Plt. 280e. 2. the wintry quarter of the heavens, the north, Βορέης καὶ χ. Hdt. 2.26. II. wintry, stormy weather: generally, storm, ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον Il. 3.4; οὐ νιφετὸς οὔτʼ ἂρ χ. πολὺς οὔτε ποτʼ ὄμβρος Od. 4.566; ὅτε τις χ. ἔκπαγλος ὄροιτο 14.522; ὀπωρινὸν ὄμβρον καὶ χειμῶνʼ ἐπιόντα Hes. Op. 675, cf. Alc. 18, Sapph. Supp. 11.6, etc.; Γαιάοχος εὐδίαν ὄπασσεν ἐκ χειμῶνος Pi. I. 7(6).39; θεὸς χειμῶνʼ ὦρσε A. Pers. 496, cf. Ag. 649, 656, S. Aj. 1145, etc.; χ. ὀρνιθίας Ar. Ach. 876; χ. κατερράγη Hdt. 1.87; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. τε μέγας καὶ πολλὸς ἄνεμος Id. 7.188, cf. Pl. Prt. 344d; ἐπιγενόμενος χ. Hdt. 7.34, Th. 4.6; χειμῶνι χρησάμενοι Antipho 5.21; χ. νοτερός a storm of rain, Th. 3.21; ἐν εὐδίᾳ χειμῶνα ποιεῖν X. HG 2.4.14: pl., ὑπὸ τῶν χ. because of the winter-storms, Hdt. 4.62; ἔν γε χειμῶσιν καὶ ἐν εὐδίαις Pl. Lg. 961e, cf. 919a. 2. metaph., θεόσσυτος χ. storm of calamity sent by the gods, A. Pr. 643; χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία ib.1015, cf. Ch. 202 (pl.), 1066 (anap.); δορὸς . . ἐν χειμῶνι in the storm of battle, S. Ant. 670; θολερῷ . . χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, Id. Aj. 207 (anap.); χ. γήρως βαρύς, of lifeʼs winter, AP 10.100 (Antiphan.); of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις Alex. 178.7, cf. 46.4; χ. κατʼ οἴκους . . κακὴ γυνή Men. Mon. 540: rare in Prose, of battle, Onos. 32.10; of mental and moral trouble, Epicur. Ep. 3p.62U., Polystr.p.19W.; χ. τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος, of pirates, Them. Or. 23.286a: pl., χειμῶνας ἔχειν to have trouble (in cutting teeth), Hp. Dent. 12.
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