χειμάρροος, ον,
contraction χειμάρρους, ουν, and shortened χείμαρρος, ον: (χεῖμα, ῥέω):— winter-flowing, swollen by rain and melted snow, of mountain-streams,
__I joined with ποταμός, ὅν τε [the stone] ποταμὸς χειμάρροος ὤσῃ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.138; ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισιν χειμάρρους κατ᾽ ὄρεσφιν 11.493 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in contracted forms, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ [[ 5.88; ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε χείμαρροι ποταμοὶ κατ᾽ ὄρεσφι ῥέοντες 4.452; χειμάρρῳ ποταμῷ ἴκελος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.81, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 348; παρὰ ῥείθροισι χειμάρροις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 712; φάραγγες ὕδατι χειμάρρῳ ῥέουσαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 449 (troch.); διὰ χειμάρρου νάπης [prev. author] “Ba.” 1093; χαράδρα χ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.30.2. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I.2 πλεκτάνη χειμάρροος seems to be rushing, furious lightning [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 281. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II substantive, torrent, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.4.7; ὥσπερ χειμάρρους ἂν εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσέπεσε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.153. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 simply, river, [[ LXX.Num.34.5. ] LXX]
__II.3 drain, gutter, οἱ ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν χ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 55.19. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]