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Book I Chapter 31 · I.31.6.7–I.31.6.9
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p. 7186 ⟨Ἀριστοτέλους⟩ · 7
Ἐκ δὲ τοῦ περὶ τὰ νέφη τόπου τρία φοιτᾶν σώματα πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὕδωρ καὶ χιόνα καὶ χάλαζαν· ὧν δύο μὲν ἀναλογίας ἔχει πρὸς ἄλληλα παρὰ τὸ διὰ τὰς αὐτὰς αἰτίας γίνεσθαι τοῖς κάτω, διαφέροντα τῷ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον καὶ πλήθει καὶ ὀλιγότητι. Χιόνα γὰρ καὶ πάχνην εἶναι ταὐτόν, καὶ ὑετὸν καὶ δρόσον, ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πολύ, τὸ δ᾽ ὀλίγον· τὸν μὲν γὰρ ὑετὸν ἐκ πολλῆς ἀτμίδος γίνεσθαι ψυχομένης, τὴν δὲ δρόσον ἐξ ὀλίγης, ἐφήμερον γὰρ αὐτῆς ὑπάρχειν τὴν σύστασιν.
6 ⟨Ἀριστοτέλους⟩ · 8
ὁμοίως χιόνα καὶ πάχνην· χιόνα μὲν γὰρ εἶναι πῆξιν νέφους, ἀτμίδος δὲ τὴν πάχνην· διὸ ἢ χώρας ἢ ὥρας ψυχρᾶς σημεῖον γίνεσθαι τὴν χιόνα.
6 ⟨Ἀριστοτέλους⟩ · 9
Χάλαζαν δὲ κατὰ τοὐναντίον ἐν ταῖς εὐδιεινοτέραις συμβαίνειν χώραις ἢ ὥραις, θέρους γοῦν μάλιστα καὶ μετοπώρου γίνεσθαι, χειμῶνος δ᾽ ὀλιγάκις καὶ ὅταν ἧττον ᾖ ψῦχος· εἶναι δὲ τὴν χάλαζαν τοῦ καταφερομένου πῆξιν ἐκ τῶν νεφῶν ὕδατος.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 31
p. 7196 ⟨Aristotle⟩: Rain and dew compared
From the region of the clouds three bodies come down to us: water, snow, and hail. Two of these have corresponding counterparts, since they arise from the same causes as the phenomena below, differing in degree and in greater or smaller quantity. For snow and frost are the same, as are rain and dew, except that the one is abundant and the other scanty. Rain forms from much vapor as it cools, whereas dew forms from little, since its gathering takes place within a day.921
6 ⟨Aristotle⟩: Snow and frost compared
The same applies to snow and frost: snow is the freezing of cloud, frost the freezing of vapor. Hence snow is a sign of either a cold region or a cold season.
6 ⟨Aristotle⟩: Hail and the seasons
Hail, by contrast, occurs in milder regions or seasons. It occurs chiefly in summer and autumn, rarely in winter, and then when the cold is less intense. Hail is the freezing of water that is falling from the clouds.922
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