χ234Χειμὼν
winter
[*xeimw/n, genitive] xeimw=nos. Winter is the air above the earth that is frozen because of the departure of the sun. Homer [says]: "they fled winter". [He is speaking] about the cranes. He is referring not to the…
Χειμών, χειμῶνος. Χειμὼν δέ ἐστιν ὁ ὑπὲρ γῆς ἀὴρ κατεψυγμένος, διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου πρόσω ἄφοδον. Ὅμηρος· χειμῶνα φύγον. περὶ γεράνων. λέγει δὲ οὐ τὴν χειμερινὴν κατάστασιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν…