Ὑόμενος
drenched with rain
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Oct 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning someone/something] being rained upon.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑόμενος· βρεχόμενος.
Betacode
*(uo/menos: brexo/menos.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 6.131, where this participle is used (of a rain-soaked lion in a simile: web address 1).
For rain, cf. upsilon 73, upsilon 126, upsilon 127. For being subject to precipitation, cf. nu 294 and nu 440.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- υ73Ὑέhue, [?]sonA threat by those who are waiting and bidding [someone] to open [the door]. For also [sc. attested is] u(=en, meaning it was raining.
- υ126ὝωI rainThe [verb that means] I send [like] rain; [used] with an accusative. "And he rains fire for you out of heaven."
- υ127Ὕωνraining[*(/uwn means the same as] bre/xwn. But [genitive plural] u(w=n [sc. is different]: [meaning] of pork meats.
- υ673Ὕσαςhaving rained[Meaning] having drenched. Aelian [writes]: "then unexpectedly it rained with great violence, and terrible lightning-flashes occurred to astound [them]."
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- augmented note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth