χειμών
Alt. χειμών, ῶνος, ὁ,
Etym. v. χιών
I. "winter", opp. to θέρος, il., attic; χειμῶνος in winter-time, Xen.; τοῦ χ. "in the course of the winter", Thuc.; χειμῶνα "during winter", Soph.; τὸν χ. "during the winter", Hdt., Xen.
2. "the wintry quarter" of the heavens, "the north", Βορέας καὶ χ. Hdt.
II. "wintry weather, a winter-storm", and generally "a storm", Hom., Hdt., attic; χ. κατερράγη Hdt.; ἐπέπεσέ σφι χ. μέγας id=Hdt.; ὦρσε θεὸς χειμῶνα Aesch.; χ. νοτερός "a storm" of rain, Thuc.:— in pl., ὑπὸ τῶν χ. by means "of the winter-storms", Hdt.
2. metaph., θεόσσυτος χ. "a storm of calamity" sent by the gods, Aesch.; δορὸς ἐν χειμῶνι in the "storm" of battle, Soph.; θολερῷ χ. νοσήσας, of the madness of Ajax, id=Soph.