winter (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. hiems, ĕmis, f.2. brūma (strictly, the w. solstice) • winter (subs.): 1. hiems, ĕmis, f.: to undergo this severity of cold and w., hanc vim frigorum hiememque excipere, Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42: the depth of w., hiems summa, id. Verr. 4, 40, 86: in the beginning of w., inita hieme, Caes. B. G. 3, 7: before the end of w., ante exactam hiemem, ib. 6, 1: is there a place where the w.s are milder? est ubi plus tepeant hiemes? Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15: a very severe w., gravissima h., Caes. B. C. 3, 8. 2. brūma (strictly, the w. solstice): could the sun's approach and withdrawal be recognised by the summers and w.s, posset solis accessus discessusque solstitiis brumisque cognosci, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19: about which (islands) some have written that in w. they have a continuous night for thirty days, de quibus nonnulli scripserunt dies continuos triginta sub bruma esse noctem, Caes. B. G. 5, 13: sluggish w. returns, bruma recurrit iners, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 12. Phr.: w. time: hiemale tempus, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: annus hibernus, Hor. Ep. 2, 29: w. dress, hibernae tunicae, Pl. Mil. 3, 1, 94: w. months, brumales menses, Plin.: I wish to know where you mean to pass the w., cupio scire ubi sis hiematurus, Cic. Fam. 7, 9: we allow the furrows to lie idle through the w., sulcos vacuos perhiemare patimur, Col. 11, 3, 4.