rain
rain
subs.
Ar. and P. ὑετός, ὁ, ὕ̆δωρ, τό.
Shower: P. and V. ὄμβρος, ὁ (Plat. Rep. 359d).
Storm of rain: P. and V. ἐπομβρία, ἡ (Dem. 1274, Aesch. Frag., and Ar.), P. χειμὼν νοτερός, ὁ (Thuc. 3.21).
Drizzle: P. and V. ψᾰκά̆ς, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.).
The rain that had fallen in the night: P. τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός (Thuc. 2, 5).
There having been an extraordinary fall of rain: P. ὕδατος ἐξαισίου γενομένου (Plat. Critias, 112a).
subs.
Ar. and P. ὑετός, ὁ, ὕ̆δωρ, τό.
Shower: P. and V. ὄμβρος, ὁ (Plat. Rep. 359d).
Storm of rain: P. and V. ἐπομβρία, ἡ (Dem. 1274, Aesch. Frag., and Ar.), P. χειμὼν νοτερός, ὁ (Thuc. 3.21).
Drizzle: P. and V. ψᾰκά̆ς, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.).
The rain that had fallen in the night: P. τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός (Thuc. 2, 5).
There having been an extraordinary fall of rain: P. ὕδατος ἐξαισίου γενομένου (Plat. Critias, 112a).
rain
v. intrans.
It rains: Ar. and P. ὕει (Xen.); see also drizzle.
Rain down, v. trans.: met., Ar. and P. κᾰτᾰχεῖν ; see shower.
v. intrans.
It rains: Ar. and P. ὕει (Xen.); see also drizzle.
Rain down, v. trans.: met., Ar. and P. κᾰτᾰχεῖν ; see shower.
RAIN
s. pluvia (as a beneficial natural phenomenon): imber (a shower): nimbus (of rain attended with cloudy weather; aquae coelestes is poetical). A drizzling rain pluvia tenuissima: a sudden shower of rain pluvia repentina; imber repente effusus; imber subitus: heavy rains aquae magnae (Liv.): heavy and continued rains imbres magni et assidui: we shall have rain imbres imminent: nubilatur or nubilare coepit: we shall have rain today hodie pluet: the rains have swelled the river aqua pluendo crescit: the rain beats against my face imber in os fertur: the rain does not cease imber non remittit (Vid: Liv. 40 33): the rain comes through the roof ex imbribus aqua perpluit; tectum imbres transmittit (Vid: Rlinius 18 11 29): much rain fell that year aquas magnae et ingentes eo anno fuerunt: during the rain in imbri per imbrem; dum pluit.
s. pluvia (as a beneficial natural phenomenon): imber (a shower): nimbus (of rain attended with cloudy weather; aquae coelestes is poetical). A drizzling rain pluvia tenuissima: a sudden shower of rain pluvia repentina; imber repente effusus; imber subitus: heavy rains aquae magnae (Liv.): heavy and continued rains imbres magni et assidui: we shall have rain imbres imminent: nubilatur or nubilare coepit: we shall have rain today hodie pluet: the rains have swelled the river aqua pluendo crescit: the rain beats against my face imber in os fertur: the rain does not cease imber non remittit (Vid: Liv. 40 33): the rain comes through the roof ex imbribus aqua perpluit; tectum imbres transmittit (Vid: Rlinius 18 11 29): much rain fell that year aquas magnae et ingentes eo anno fuerunt: during the rain in imbri per imbrem; dum pluit.
v. pluere (for the most part only in the third person personally and impersonally pluit “it rains ” etc. PROP. and figuratively); imber or nimbus effunditur: it rains such a thing such a thing comes down in rain (stones blood etc.) res re or rem pluit; e.g. sanguine lacte lapidibus etc. pluit terra pluit terram pluit also imber lapidum sanguinis etc. defluit; and de caelo lapidat; imbri lapidat: it rained all night imber continens per totam noctem tenuit: it never rained more heavily in those parts numquam illis locis majores aquae fuerunt (Caes.). PROV. it never rains but it pours malum malo additur (after Liv. 1 3): it is constantly raining or rains without any cessation continuos or assiduos (less strong) habemus imbres.
rain (subs.):
1. plŭvia (as a beneficial natural phenomenon, falling upon and fertilizing the ground, like the Gr. ὑετός): penetrating r., tenues pluviae, Virg. G. 1, 92: fine r., p. rara et minuta, Sen. (in Qu.): heavy r., pluvia ingens, Virg. G. 1, 325; graves pluviae, Ov. F. 2, 71: threatening r., pluvia impendens, Virg. G. 4, 191.
2. imber, bris, m. (prop. of rain as a phenomenon of cold and stormy weather, but also of heavy rain in general): very heavy r., maximus imber, Cic. Verr. 4, 40, 86: I arrived at Capua in very heavy r., maximo imbri Capuam veni, id. Att. 7, 20: pl. esp. to denote continued, heavy rain: we had heavy and incessant r., magnos et assiduos imbres habebamus, ib. 13, 16: heavy r. falls, cadunt largi imbres, Ov. M. 11, 516: the south-wind and very heavy r. increase, ingeminant austri et densissimus imber, Virg. G. 1, 333: the r. pours down, imbres effunduntur, id. Aen. 6, 693: as soon as the r. ceased, ubi primum imbres remiserunt, Liv. 40, 33: cisterns for holding r.-water, piscinae cisternaeque servandis imbribus, Tac. H. 5, 12.
3. nimbus (prop. a rain-cloud; poet.: heavy rain attended with cloudy weather): neither do winds shake nor clouds drench (them) with r., neque concutiunt venti nec nubila nimbis aspergunt, Lucr. 3, 19: a black storm of r. mingled with hail, nigrans commixta grandine nimbus, Virg. Aen. 4, 120: thick storms of r. rush down from heaven, densi funduntur ab aethere nimbi, Ov. M. 1, 269.
4. ăqua coelestis; also, aqua simply: there is a want of r., coelestes desunt aquae, Liv. 4, 30: the crow presager of r., cornix augur aquae, Hor. Od. 3, 17, 12: much r., multa aqua, Ov. F. 6, 198: heavy r., aquae magnae, Liv. 24, 9: there fell suddenly, it is said, such a great quantity of r., tanta repente coelo missa vis aquae dicitur, Sall. J. 75: rain-water, aquae pluviae, Cic. Mur. 9, 22; aqua pluvialis, Ov. M. 8, 335; imbres, Tac.: v.RAIN .
1. plŭvia (as a beneficial natural phenomenon, falling upon and fertilizing the ground, like the Gr. ὑετός): penetrating r., tenues pluviae, Virg. G. 1, 92: fine r., p. rara et minuta, Sen. (in Qu.): heavy r., pluvia ingens, Virg. G. 1, 325; graves pluviae, Ov. F. 2, 71: threatening r., pluvia impendens, Virg. G. 4, 191.
2. imber, bris, m. (prop. of rain as a phenomenon of cold and stormy weather, but also of heavy rain in general): very heavy r., maximus imber, Cic. Verr. 4, 40, 86: I arrived at Capua in very heavy r., maximo imbri Capuam veni, id. Att. 7, 20: pl. esp. to denote continued, heavy rain: we had heavy and incessant r., magnos et assiduos imbres habebamus, ib. 13, 16: heavy r. falls, cadunt largi imbres, Ov. M. 11, 516: the south-wind and very heavy r. increase, ingeminant austri et densissimus imber, Virg. G. 1, 333: the r. pours down, imbres effunduntur, id. Aen. 6, 693: as soon as the r. ceased, ubi primum imbres remiserunt, Liv. 40, 33: cisterns for holding r.-water, piscinae cisternaeque servandis imbribus, Tac. H. 5, 12.
3. nimbus (prop. a rain-cloud; poet.: heavy rain attended with cloudy weather): neither do winds shake nor clouds drench (them) with r., neque concutiunt venti nec nubila nimbis aspergunt, Lucr. 3, 19: a black storm of r. mingled with hail, nigrans commixta grandine nimbus, Virg. Aen. 4, 120: thick storms of r. rush down from heaven, densi funduntur ab aethere nimbi, Ov. M. 1, 269.
4. ăqua coelestis; also, aqua simply: there is a want of r., coelestes desunt aquae, Liv. 4, 30: the crow presager of r., cornix augur aquae, Hor. Od. 3, 17, 12: much r., multa aqua, Ov. F. 6, 198: heavy r., aquae magnae, Liv. 24, 9: there fell suddenly, it is said, such a great quantity of r., tanta repente coelo missa vis aquae dicitur, Sall. J. 75: rain-water, aquae pluviae, Cic. Mur. 9, 22; aqua pluvialis, Ov. M. 8, 335; imbres, Tac.: v.
rain (v.):
I. Lit.: pluo, plui or plūvi, 3 (usu. impers.): it r.s, pluit, Cic.: it will r. to-day, pluet hodie, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 42: it r.s hard, multum pluit, id. Men. prol. 63: it r.s blood, pluit sanguinem, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58 (in this phrase either acc. or abl. is used): it r.s milk, pluit lacte, Liv. 27, 11: it r.s stones, p. lapidibus, id. 35, 9. Or expr. by pluvia, imber: v. examples underRAIN (subs.). Phr.: it r.'d all night, imber continens per noctem totam tenuit, Liv. 23, 44.
II. Fig.: to fall or pour down like rain: pluo: from the shaken holm-oak the acorn r.s down, de concussa pluit ilice glans, Virg. G. 4, 81. Strengthened, perpluo, 3: the storm, which love has r.'d into my breast, tempestas, quam mihi amor in pectus perpluit meum, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 6.
I. Lit.: pluo, plui or plūvi, 3 (usu. impers.): it r.s, pluit, Cic.: it will r. to-day, pluet hodie, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 42: it r.s hard, multum pluit, id. Men. prol. 63: it r.s blood, pluit sanguinem, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58 (in this phrase either acc. or abl. is used): it r.s milk, pluit lacte, Liv. 27, 11: it r.s stones, p. lapidibus, id. 35, 9. Or expr. by pluvia, imber: v. examples under
II. Fig.: to fall or pour down like rain: pluo: from the shaken holm-oak the acorn r.s down, de concussa pluit ilice glans, Virg. G. 4, 81. Strengthened, perpluo, 3: the storm, which love has r.'d into my breast, tempestas, quam mihi amor in pectus perpluit meum, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 6.
rain
Rain
- made by dipping oak-branch in spring: Paus. 8.38.4
- procured by sacrifice and prayer to Panhellenian Zeus: Paus. 2.29.7ff.
- sacrifices for rain offered to Zeus and Hera: Paus. 2.25.10
- images of Damia and Auxesia made because no rain fell: Paus. 2.30.4
- image of Earth praying to Zeus for: Paus. 1.24.3
- heavy rain precedes earthquake: Paus. 7.24.7
- island on which rain does not fall: Paus. 2.34.3
- Rainy Zeus: Paus. 2.19.8, Paus. 9.39.4, cf.Paus. 1.32.2