- κλίμα
- κλίμα [[pron. full] ῐ, cf. Scymn.521], ατος, τό, ([etym.] κλίνω)A inclination, slope of ground,
ἑκάτερον τὸ κ. τῶν ὀρῶν Plb.2.16.3
;ἡ πόλις τῷ ὅλῳ κ. τέτραπται πρὸς τὰς ἄρκτους Id.7.6.1
, etc.; scarp, Apollod.Poliorc.140.7.2 terrestrial latitude, latitudes, region,τὸ μεσημβρινὸν κ. D.H.1.9
;τὸ ὑπάρκτιον κ. Plu.Mar.11
; τὰ πρὸς μεσημβρίαν κ. the southern regions, Plb.5.44.6, cf. 10.1.3, Str.1.1.10, AP9.97 (Alph.), Ath.12.523e, Vett.Val.6.14, etc.;κ. οὐρανοῦ Hdn.2.11.4
.3 direction, cardinal point, τὰ τέτταρα κ. (viz. N., S., E., W.) Str.10.2.12, Gp.1.11.1, cf. Isid.Etym.13.1.3;τὸ νότιον κ. τοῦ κόσμου Plu.2.365b
;κατὰ τὸ βόρειον κ. Arist.Mu.392a3
.4 seven latitudinal strips in theοἰκουμένη
on which the longest day ranged by halfhour intervals from13
to 16 hours, Eratosth. ap. Scymn.113, Id. ap. Str.2.1.35, 2.5.34, Gem.5.58, 16.17, Posidon. ap. Procl.in Ti.3.125 D. (cf. eund. ap. Cleom.1.10), Id. ap. Str.6.2.1, Marin. ap. Ptol.Geog.1.15.8,1.17.1, Id.Alm.2.12, al., Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).37.5 seven astrological zones corresponding to Nos. 3-6 ofκλίμα 11.4
, Nech.Fr.5, al., Vett. Val.22.33, al., Firmic.2.11.2.III metaph., inclination, propensity, Arr.Epict.2.15.20.IV fall, ἑπταετεῖ κλίματι by death at seven years of age, IG14.2431.V Gramm., inflected form, A.D. Adv.173.25.VI = ὑπόδημα, Hsch.; cf. κλείματα.
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