κλίμα
[ ῐ, cf. Scymn. 521 ], ατος, τό, (κλίνω)
I 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.
II
1. = ἔγκλιμα 1.2, τοῦ κόσμου Hipparch. 1.2.22, cf. Gem. 16.12, Cleom. 1.2.
2. terrestrial latitude, latitudes, region, τὸ μεσημβρινὸν κ. D.H. 1.9; τὸ ὑπάρκτιον κ. Plu. Ma 11; τὰ πρὸς μεσημβρίαν κ. the southern regions, Plb. 5.44.6, cf. 10.1.3, Str. 1.1.10, AP 9.97 (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 the οἰκουμένη on which the longest day ranged by halfhour intervals from 13 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 of κλίμα 11.4, Nech. Fr. 5, al., Vett. Val.22.33, al., Firmic.2.11.2.
III metaph., inclination, propensity, Arr. Epict. 2.15.20. fall, ἑπταετεῖ κλίματι by death at seven years of age, IG 14.2431. Gramm., inflected form, A.D. Adv. 173.25. = ὑπόδημα, Hsch.; cf. κλείματα.
G2824 — κλίμα
or κλίμα (on the accent cf. references under the word κρίμα), κλιματος, τό (κλίνω);
1. an inclination, slope, declivity: τῶν ὁρῶν, Polybius 2, 16, 3; (others). specifically,
2. the (supposed) sloping of the earth from the equator toward the poles, a zone: Aristotle, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others; Josephus, b. j. 5, 12, 2.
3. a tract of land, a region: [Rom 15:23]; [2Co 11:10]; [Gal 1:21]; (Polybius 5,44,6; 7,6, 1; Herodian, 2, 11, 8 (4 edition, Bekker); others).
κλίμα , - τος , τό ( < κλίνω ),
[in LXX : [Jdg 20:2] A (H6438) * ;]
1. an inclination, slope, esp . the slope from the equator to the pole ( Arist ).
2. a region ( Polyb ., al. ): pl., Rom 15:23 , [2Co 11:10], [Gal 1:21]. †