moist, damp, rainy,
νότ-ιος,α,ον, alsoος,ον
A. Pr. 402 (lyr.), Str. 2.1.22 , etc. :—
A. moist, damp, rainy, ν. ἱδρώς dampsweat, Il. 11.811 , 23.715 ; ν. θέρος
Pi. Fr. 107.13
; ἔαρ
Hp. Aph. 3.11
, cf. Arist. Pr. 860a36 ; παγαί
A.
l.c. ;ὑψοῦ δ' ἐν νοτίῳ τήν γ' ὅρμισαν [ναῦν]well out inthe water,opp. the beach, Od. 4.785 , 8.55 ; ν. δῖναι ἅλμας
E. Hipp. 150
(lyr.) : Comp. , Str. 4.4.1 .
2. bringing rain,
ἀστέρες
Arat. 238
, cf. 490 (both Comp. ).
II. to the south, southern,
ν. θάλασσα
Hdt. 4.13
, 6.31 ; esp. of the Indian Ocean, Id. 3.17 , cf. 2.11 , 158 ;τὸ τεῖχος τὸ ν.,at Athens, And. 3.7 ;ν. ἀήτηςasouthwind, A.R. 4.1538 ;νότια(with or withoutπνεύματα)southerlywinds, Arist. Mete. 364a19 , Pol. 1290a14 ; νοτίοις during southerly winds,
Id. HA 574a1
; νότια πνεῖ
Thphr. CP 1.13.5
; ἐὰν ᾖ νότια
Id. HP 4.14.9
; ὁ ν. ἀήρ
Arist. Mete. 377b27
;τὰ ν. ὕδατα southerlyrains, ib. 358a28 ;ν. [ὕδωρ]waterfrom southern slopes,
Id. HA 596a28 ;ν. Ἰχθῦς,the constellationPiscis Australis,
Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 2.1.21 ( νότειος Ἰ.
PLond. 1.130.148
(i/ii A.D.)) : Comp.
-ώτερος
Porph. Antr. 21
: Sup.
-ώτατος
Str. 13.1.68
.
