χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ, (χεῖμα)
winter, χειμῶνος δυσθαλπέος ὅς ῥά τε ἔργων ἀνθρώπους ἀνέπαυσεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χειμῶνι
in winter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also χειμῶνος
in winter-time, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; χ. μέσου
in mid-
winter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
in the course of the winter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ χειμῶνος, διὰ τοῦ χ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
during winter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν χ.
during the
winter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρος ἄβατον ὑπὸ χειμῶνος in consequence of
the cold weather, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to καύματα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
the wintry quarter of the heavens,
the north, Βορέης καὶ χ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
wintry, stormy weather: generally,
storm, ἐπεὶ οὖν χειμῶνα φύγον καὶ ἀθέσφατον ὄμβρον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χ. νοτερός
a storm of rain, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] because of the
winter-storms, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
metaphorically, θεόσσυτος χ.
storm of calamity sent by the gods, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. καὶ κακῶν τρικυμία[
Refs]; δορὸς. ἐν χειμῶνι in the
storm of battle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θολερῷ. χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, [
Refs]; χ. γήρως βαρύς, of life's
winter, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a person, χ. ὁ μειρακίσκος ἐστὶ τοῖς φίλοις [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: rare in Prose, of battle, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; of mental and moral
trouble, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. τοῦ κλύδωνος χαλεπώτερος, of pirates, [
Refs 4th c.AD+] to have
trouble (in cutting teeth), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]