χειμερ-ῐνός, ή, όν,
of or in winter, opposed to θερινός, χ. τροπαί [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 14,etc.; χ. μῆνες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21; πρὸς ἥλιον τὸν χ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.9; χ. ἀνατολὴ τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ δυσμαὶ αἱ χ. 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 3,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 364b3; ὄμβροι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.43.5; συσσίτια χ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 112b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεξαμεναί[[ [prev. work] 117b; πυρετός 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) ; νόσοι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).734; ἀργυρώματα 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 6.230d; μάχη 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.216 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τινὰ τῶν ζῴων] ἀποβάλλει τὰς χ. τρίχας their winter coat, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 893a5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χ. ὄνειρος a winter night's dream. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 17 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also τὴν χ. (i.e. ὥρην) the winter season, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.202, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.8.1, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰν χ. (i.e. ἑξάμηνον) ἄρχειν [[ “SIG” 2940.3 (from Cos)] Refs]; τὰ χ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 683c, 915d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 stormy, χωρίον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.70 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ χ., opposed to τὸ εὐδιεινόν, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Ventis” 1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 χ. σημεῖον sign of a coming storm, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 941a2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 11. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]