χιών, όνος, ἡ:
(see. entry near the end):— snow, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of fallen snow, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.7, 22.152; ὡς δὲ χ. κατατήκετ᾽ ἐν.. ὄρεσσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.205; ὕπερθε χ. γένετ᾽ ἠΰτε πάχνη 14.476; τὸν Νεῖλον ῥέειν ἀπὸ τηκομένης χιόνος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ χιόνι πεσούσῃ [[[prev. passage], compare 4.50; Ἰδαία χ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 564; ἥλιος.. τήκει πετραίαν χιόνα [prev. author] “fragment” 300.5; καί νιν.. χιὼν οὐδαμὰ λείπει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 830 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of falling snow, ὥς τε νιφάδες χιόνος πίπτωσι θαμειαί thick fall the snow-flakes, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.278; χ. πίπτουσα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.31; κατένειψε χιόνι τὴν Θρᾴκην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 138; ὅταν βορέας χιόνα χέῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 329, compare “Ba.” 662; ἐπιπίπτει χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.4.11; χιόνες πολλαὶ γίνονται 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 24: [χ.] σφοδρὰ καὶ ἀθρόα καταφερομένη νιφετὸς ὠνόμασται 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a36. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II snow-water, 'ice-coldwater, Θρῄκην χιόνι.. κατάρρυτον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 215; χ. ποταμία [prev. author] “Tr.” 1067 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used to cool wine, εἰ χιών ἐστ᾽ ὠνία [[ Euthycles Comicus 1; οἶνον πιεῖν.. χιόνι μεμιγμένον 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 57; χιόνα πίνειν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 141.10; τοῦ θέρους χιόνα.. ζητεῖς Χ. “Mem.” 2.1.30; ἡδὺ θέρους.. χιὼν ποτόν “Anthologia Graeca” 5.168 (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: rare in plural, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 394a16 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]. [ῐ by nature, ῑ Epic dialect for the sake of meter] (Cf. Sanskrit himás 'cold, winter', Latin hiems, Avest. zyam- 'winter', etc.)