The corpus record

Ζεφῠρ-ιος

zephurios

of the West

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What it meant — LSJ

of the West, west wind, westerly, at the period of westwinds, western

of the West or west wind, westerly, Thphr. CP 2.3.1; τοῖς ζ. (sc. ἀνέμοις) at the period of westwinds, Arist. HA 618a7; western, τοῖχος Inscr.Délos 290.166 (iii B.C.), cf. IG 12(5).126 (Paros, ii B.C.).

II wind

ᾠὸν ζ. wind-egg, also ἀνεμιαῖον, ὑπηνέμιον, Arist. HA 560a6, GA 749b1.

III

Ζ. ἄκρα or Ζεφύριον, τό, name of a cape in Cyprus, Str. 14.6.3, Ath. 7.318d: Ζεφύριον, τό, cape in S. Italy, Str. 6.1.7.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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