θέρειος
α, ον, ος, ον, η, ον, ἡ
A.
of summer, in summer, αὐχμὸς θ. summer-drought, Emp. 111.7; δρέπανον Orph. H. 40.11; καρποί ib.18; θέρειος ὥρα Ael. NA 2.25.
II.
θερεία, Ion. ‐είη (sc. ὥρα), ἡ,= θέρος, summer-time, summer, Hdt. 1.189, Arist. Mir. 841a25, Plb. 5.1.3, al., PTeb. 27.60 (ii B.C.), D.S. 19.58 (θερίᾳ); θερείης in summer, Nic. Fr. 81; μεσούσης θ. D.H. 1.63; ὑπὸ τὴν θερείαν D.S. 3.24: pl., θερείαις Pi. I. 2.41.
III.
Sup. θερείτατος,η, ον, very hot, Arat. 149, Nic. Th. 460.—In Prose θερινός is the more common form.