Arsenius 18.19a1
“A woman is a storm in the homes of men…”
Χειμὼν κατ’ οἴκους ἐστὶν ἀνδράσι γυνή.
Pampeprius of Panopolis, fr. 3.115-116
“there, after the snowy dance of ethereal loves,
Deo the wheat-goddess weds Ares the worker of the earth.”
[ἔν]θα μετ’ αἰθερίων χιονώδεα κῶμο[ν ἐρ]ώτων
[῎Α]ρει γειοπόνῳ νυ[μ]φεύεται ὄμπνια Δηώ.
Hermippus, 37 (Athenaeus 650e)
“Have you ever seen a pomegranate seed in drifts of snow?”
ἤδη τεθέασαι κόκκον ἐν χιόνι ῥόας;
Pindar, Pythian 1. 20
“Snowy Aetna, perennial nurse of bitter snow”
νιφόεσσ᾿ Αἴτνα, πάνετες χιόνος ὀξείας τιθήνα
Plutarch, Moralia 340e
“Nations covered in depths of snow”
καὶ βάθεσι χιόνων κατακεχωσμένα ἔθνη
Herodotus, Histories 4.31
“Above this land, snow always falls…
τὰ κατύπερθε ταύτης τῆς χώρης αἰεὶ νίφεται
Diodorus Siculus, 14.28
“Because of the mass of snow that was constantly falling, all their weapons were covered and their bodies froze in the chill in the air. Thanks to the extremity of their troubles, they were sleepless through the whole night”
διὰ γὰρ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς κατὰ τὸ συνεχὲς ἐκχεομένης χιόνος τά τε ὅπλα πάντα συνεκαλύφθη καὶ τὰ σώματα διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς αἰθρίας πάγον περιεψύχετο. διὰ δὲ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῶν κακῶν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα διηγρύπνουν·
Ammianus Marcellinus, History V. V. Gratianus 27.9
“He will tolerate sun and snow, frost and thirst, and long watches.”
solem nivesque et pruinas et sitim perferet et vigilias
Basil, Letter 48
“We have been snowed in by such a volume of snow that we have been buried in our own homes and taking shelter in our holes for two months already”
καὶ γὰρ τοσούτῳ πλήθει χιόνων κατενίφημεν, ὡς αὐτοῖς οἴκοις καταχωσθέντας δύο μῆνας ἤδη ταῖς καταδύσεσιν ἐμφωλεύειν.
Livy, 10.46
“The snow now covered everything and it was no longer possible to stay outside…”
Nives iam omnia oppleverant nec durari extra tecta poterat
I'm a sucker for happy endings:
now he dwells in the fair palaces of snowy Olympus, in peace with his wife, the beautiful-ankled Hebe.
νῦν δ᾽ ἤδη κατὰ καλὸν ἕδος νιφόεντος Ὀλύμπου ναίει τερπόμενος καὶ ἔχει καλλίσφυρον Ἥβην.
Homeric hymn (15) To Heracles
— Billy✨ἔ/γνῶσις (@extc_opm) January 4, 2018
Perhaps of interest—a thread with some Georgics snow vocabulary: https://t.co/fCX4tKptI9
— Patrick J. Burns (@diyclassics) January 4, 2018
"There are also numerous species of hares. Those in the Alps are white, [Note] and it is believed that, during the winter, they live upon snow for food; at all events, every year, as the snow melts, they acquire a reddish colour." -Pliny Nat 9.83
— Carly Silver (@CarlyASilver) January 4, 2018
@sentantiq
"…they wander to escape the white snow…"
Hesiod – Works and Days 535— _ (@nerdwmn4life) January 4, 2018
vides ut alta stet nive candidum
Soracte nec iam sustineant onus
silvae laborantes geluque
flumina constiterint acuto.dissolve frigus ligna super foco
large reponens atque benignius
deprome quadrimum Sabina,
o Thaliarche, merum diota.Hor. c. 1,9
— Thomas Schmid (@th_schmid) January 4, 2018
"We call it a snowy day when the cold is deep and the sky is like Ovid's lamentations from Tomis"
dicimus nivalem diem, cum altum frigus et triste caelum est
Sen. NQ 4b.4.3
— Christian Lehmann (@BuffyAntiqua) January 4, 2018
In appreciation of @sentantiq et et. giving us snow mentions, I will join in.
"snow is frost suspended"
nix pruina pendensSen. NQ 4b.5 (all of 4b is on hail and snow)
— Christian Lehmann (@BuffyAntiqua) January 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/opietasanimi/status/948904010559434752
"If I could choose, I pick oratory like winter snows: dense, fierce, plentiful, inspired by the gods"
si tamen detur electio, illam orationem similem nivibus hibernis, id est crebram et adsiduam sed et largam, postremo divinam et caelestem volo
Pliny Letters 1.19.22
— Christian Lehmann (@BuffyAntiqua) January 4, 2018


