rain,
ὕω [ῡinpres.exc. in Herod. 7.46 ]:fut. ὕσω [ῡ] Cratin. 121 , Ar. Nu. 1118 , 1129 (both troch.):aor.
A.
ὗσα
Pi. O. 7.50
, Hdt. 2.22 , Thphr. CP 4.14.3 , etc. (v. infr.):— Med. ,fut.(as Pass. ) ὕσομαι
Hdt. 2.14
:— Pass. , aor.
ὕσθην
Id. 3.10
:pf. part.
ἐφ-υσμένος
X. Cyn. 9.5
:—rain,
ὗε Ζεύς
Il. 12.25
, Od. 14.457 , cf. Hes. Op. 488 , Thgn. 26 ;κἢν ὕῃ[ῠ]Ζεύς
Herod. 7.46 ;ὗσον, ὗσον, ὦ φίλε Ζεῦ, κατὰ τῆς ἀρούραςVotum ap. M.Ant. 5.7 ; [ ὕει] ὁ θεὸς
Hdt. 2.13
; τίς ὕει;
Ar. Nu. 368
(anap.), cf. 370 sq.;ἵσομεν πρώτοισιν ὑμῖν,of the clouds, ib. 1118 (troch.):—but,
2. after Hom.
ὕειwas used impers. (cf.νείφω,etc.),it rains,
Hes. Op. 552 , Hdt. 2.22 , 4.28 ; ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ
Id. 1.87
;εἰ ὗεifit rained,
Id. 4.185 ; ὕοντος when it is raining,
Ar. V. 774
;ὕοντος πολλῷ as it was rainingheavily, X. HG 1.1.16 (where Eust. readπολλοῦ,
1769.39 );πολὺ ὕσαντος after it had rainedheavily, Thphr. CP 4.14.3 ;ὕε, κύε,prayer addressed by hierophants to sky and earth, BCH 20.79 (Athens,i A. D.), Procl. in Ti. 3.176
D.
3. sts. c. acc. loci,ἑπτὰ ἐτέων οὐκ ὗε τὴν Θήρην it didnotrain onThera, Hdt. 4.151 ; τὴν χώραν ὗεν ὁ θεός
Paus. 2.29.7
; ὄμβρος ὗε πόντον καὶ νῆσον
A.R. 2.1115
(hence the pass. usage,v.infr. 11.1 .).
4. freq. c. acc. cogn.,ὗσε χρυσόν it rainedgold, Pi. O. 7.50 ; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ
Ar. Nu. 1280
;ὗσεν ὁ θεὸς ἰχθύας, βατράχους,
Phan. Hist. 1 , Heraclid. Lemb. 3 ; ὕεις εὐσεβέσιν χύδην χρυσεόρρυτον ὄλβον
Supp.Epigr. 7.14.23
(Susa, Hymn to Apollo,i A. D.);νεφέλαι ὕουσι [μύρον] Luc. VH 2.14 : also c. dat. modi, ψακαζέτω δ' ἄρτοισιν, ὑέτω δ' ἔτνει
Nicopho 13
; ὕσαντα τὸν θεὸν ἰχθύσι
Ath. 8.333a
.
II.
Pass. , withfut.
Med. ,to be drenched with rain,
λέων ὑόμενος
Od. 6.131
;ὕσθησαν αἱ ΘῆβαιThebeswas rained upon,i.e. it rained there, Hdt. 3.10 ; ὕεται ἡ χώρη
Id. 2.13
, cf. 14 , 22 , 25 ;ἡ γῆ ὕεται ὀλίγῳ it rainslittle or seldom there, Id. 1.193 ; σῖτος ὑσθείς
Thphr. HP 8.11.4
; ὑόμενος μύρῳ
Alex. 62.8
;ὄνος ὕεταιhe islikean ass in rain, prov. of an obstinate person, Cratin. 52 (troch.); ἐγὼ δὲ τοῖς λόγοις ὄνος ὕομαι
Cephisod. 1
.
2. sts.,fall down in rain, in a shower,
ὑσθῆναί φασιν χρυσόν
Str. 14.2.10
; ὕδωρ ὑόμενον
Plu. 2.912a
. (Cf. Skt.sunóti'press out juice'.)
