Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ew-. Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (suhhai, to pour out) and Tocharian B [Term?] (suwaṃ, to rain). Possibly related to Ὑάς (Huás).

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Verb edit

ῡ̔́ω (hū́ō)

  1. to rain
    1. (with accusative of place) to rain on
    2. (with cognate accusative)
    3. (with dative of mode)
  2. (passive voice) to be drenched with rain
  3. (passive voice) to fall as rain

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References edit

  • ὕω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὕω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὕω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὕω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ὕω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963