ὑετός

See also: υετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominal formation from ῡ̔́ω (hū́ō, to rain).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῡ̔ετός • (hūetósm (genitive ῡ̔ετοῦ); second declension

  1. heavy rain

Inflection

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: υετός (yetós)
  • English: hyeto-

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὕω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1541:ὑετόςhuetós

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