ὄμβρος, ὁ,
__A storm of rain, thunder-storm, sent by Zeus, ὅτ᾽ ἐπιβρίσῃ Διὸς ὄ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.91; χειμάρρους.. ὀπαζόμενος Διὸς ὄμβρῳ 11.493; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἀστράπτῃ πόσις Ἥρης.., τεύχων ἢ πολὺν ὄ. κτλ. 10.6 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a storm at sea, [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 26.4; ὄ. λάβρος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; distinct from ὑετός or common rain, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but sometimes, heavy rain, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.98, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 146, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 78 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, rains, ὄ. πολλοὶ καὶ λάβροι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.50, compare 2.25, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.81, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 350. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 generally, water, as an element, μήτε γῆ, μήτ᾽ ὄ. ἱερός, μήτε φῶς [[ [prev. author] “OT” 1428, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 98.2, 21.5: _falsa lectio_ for{ὄλβος} in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 953; ὄ. ἀναγκαῖοι ] Refs 5th c.BC+]urine, [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 4.443. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__A.3 inundation, τῶν παρακειμένων ὑδάτων [[ “PTeb.” 61 (b). 133 (2nd c.BC), +others ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὀχετοὺς ἀγαγεῖν οἳ ἄξουσιν τὸν ὄ. εἰς τὰς ἐξαγωγούς [[ “PCair.Zen.” 383.13 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.II metaphorically, storm, shower, ἐν πολυφθόρῳ Διὸς ὄ., of a battle, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).49; δέδοικα δ᾽ ὄμβρου κτύπον.. τὸν αἱματηρόν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1533 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέλας ὄ. χάλαζά θ᾽ αἱματοῦσσ᾽ (χαλάζης αἵματος codices) [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1279; ὄμβρῳ δακρυόεντι 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 16.345; πυρὸς ὄμβροι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 3.22; ἡδὺς ὄ. ἀοιδῆς “Anthologia Graeca” 9.364 (from Nestor). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]