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ὑετός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑετός ὑετοῦ

Structure: ὑετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/w

Sense

  1. heavy rain

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὑετός ὑετώ ὑετοί
Genitive ὑετοῦ ὑετοῖν ὑετῶν
Dative ὑετῷ ὑετοῖν ὑετοῖς
Accusative ὑετόν ὑετώ ὑετούς
Vocative ὑετέ ὑετώ ὑετοί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀρνούμενοι γάρ σε εἰδέναι ἀσεβεῖσ, ἐν ἰσχύϊ βραχίονόσ σου ἐμαστιγώθησαν, ξένοισ ὑετοῖσ καὶ χαλάζαισ καὶ ὄμβροισ διωκόμενοι ἀπαραιτήτοισ καὶ πυρὶ καταναλισκόμενοι. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:16)
  • χιὼν δὲ καὶ κρύσταλλοσ ὑπέμεινε πῦρ καὶ οὐκ ἐτήκετο, ἵνα γνῶσιν ὅτι τοὺσ τῶν ἐχθρῶν καρποὺσ κατέφθειρε πῦρ φλεγόμενον ἐν τῇ χαλάζῃ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ὑετοῖσ διαστράπτον. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:22)
  • οὐκοῦν καὶ τὸ ἅπαξ τοῦ ἔτουσ ἀναβαίνειν, τοὺσ δ’ ἄλλουσ ὡσ τύχοιεν ἑκάστοτε, καὶ τὸ μὴ ἀπολείπειν πρὶν ἐκπληρῶσαι καὶ τὸ πληρώσαντα αὖθισ ἀπορρεῖν, καὶ ἡ μετὰ τοῦτο ἡσυχία τοῦ ῥεύματοσ οὐκ ἐᾷ παρὰ τοῖσ ὑετοῖσ εἶναι τὴν πρόφασιν δοκεῖν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:5)

Synonyms

  1. heavy rain

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