νῐφ-ετός, ὁ,
falling snow, snowstorm, ὄμβρον.. ἠὲ χάλαζαν ἢ νιφετόν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.7; οὐ νιφετός, οὔτ᾽ ἂρ χειμὼν πολὺς οὔτε ποτ᾽ ὄμβρος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.566, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 107.11, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.50, 8.98, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 349a9, etc.: _plural_, “OGI” 199.7 (from Adule). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 rain, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 6.267, 8.260. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically, ν. λημμάτων [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 57.48. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]