1. βορέας · boreas — Beekes
north wind, north
The corpus record
Βορέας
boreas
north wind, north
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ezechiel 47 · 16.26/10k
- Josue (cod. Vat.) 19 · 14.28/10k
- Zacharias 5 · 10.37/10k
- Daniel (LXX) 10 · 9.52/10k
- Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
- Jeremias 22 · 7.94/10k
- Works and Days 4 · 6.94/10k
- Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 4 · 5.4/10k
- Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
- Ecclesiastes 2 · 4.42/10k
- Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. βορέας · boreas — Frisk
ov, kontr
3. βορέας · boreas — Frisk
Zu βορέης am
4. Βορέας · Boreas — LSJ
north wind
5. Βορεάς · Boreas — LSJ
Boread, daughter of Boreas
Attestations
- Βορέαο · Boreao Iliad 5.524
- Βορέαο · Boreao Iliad 5.697
- Βορέης · Boreēs Iliad 9.5
- Βορέω · Boreō Iliad 14.395
- Βορέῃ · Boreēi Iliad 15.26
- Βορέαο · Boreao Iliad 15.171
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 274; entry #1219 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 284-285; entry #1125 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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