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κ545Καταΐξsquall… a poetic form, glossed with the more usual form. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.238 (line 29), with scholion. [3] Merisos is independently attested only in ps.-Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort

κ545

Καταΐξ

squall

[katai/c means the same as] kataigi/s. "This swift squall from Boreian [ = northern] Merisos." That is, from Thrace.

Καταΐξ· καταιγίς. ἥδ' ἀπὸ Μηρισοῖο θοὴ Βορέαο καταΐξ. ἤτοι ἀπὸ τῆς Θρᾴκης.