rain (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. plŭvia (as a beneficial natural phenomenon, falling upon and fertilizing the ground, like the Gr. ὑετός)2. imber, bris, m. (prop. of rain as a phenomenon of cold and stormy weather, but also of heavy rain in general)3. nimbus (prop. a rain-cloud; poet.4. ăqua coelestis; also, aqua simply • rain (subs.): 1. plŭvia (as a beneficial natural phenomenon, falling upon and fertilizing the ground, like the Gr. ὑετός): penetrating r., tenues pluviae, Virg. G. 1, 92: fine r., p. rara et minuta, Sen. (in Qu.): heavy r., pluvia ingens, Virg. G. 1, 325; graves pluviae, Ov. F. 2, 71: threatening r., pluvia impendens, Virg. G. 4, 191. 2. imber, bris, m. (prop. of rain as a phenomenon of cold and stormy weather, but also of heavy rain in general): very heavy r., maximus imber, Cic. Verr. 4, 40, 86: I arrived at Capua in very heavy r., maximo imbri Capuam veni, id. Att. 7, 20: pl. esp. to denote continued, heavy rain: we had heavy and incessant r., magnos et assiduos imbres habebamus, ib. 13, 16: heavy r. falls, cadunt largi imbres, Ov. M. 11, 516: the south-wind and very heavy r. increase, ingeminant austri et densissimus imber, Virg. G. 1, 333: the r. pours down, imbres effunduntur, id. Aen. 6, 693: as soon as the r. ceased, ubi primum imbres remiserunt, Liv. 40, 33: cisterns for holding r.-water, piscinae cisternaeque servandis imbribus, Tac. H. 5, 12. 3. nimbus (prop. a rain-cloud; poet.: heavy rain attended with cloudy weather): neither do winds shake nor clouds drench (them) with r., neque concutiunt venti nec nubila nimbis aspergunt, Lucr. 3, 19: a black storm of r. mingled with hail, nigrans commixta grandine nimbus, Virg. Aen. 4, 120: thick storms of r. rush down from heaven, densi funduntur ab aethere nimbi, Ov. M. 1, 269. 4. ăqua coelestis; also, aqua simply: there is a want of r., coelestes desunt aquae, Liv. 4, 30: the crow presager of r., cornix augur aquae, Hor. Od. 3, 17, 12: much r., multa aqua, Ov. F. 6, 198: heavy r., aquae magnae, Liv. 24, 9: there fell suddenly, it is said, such a great quantity of r., tanta repente coelo missa vis aquae dicitur, Sall. J. 75: rain-water, aquae pluviae, Cic. Mur. 9, 22; aqua pluvialis, Ov. M. 8, 335; imbres, Tac.: v. rain.