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Ζέφυρος

zephuros · ὁ

westerly wind

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  • Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
  • Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
  • Odyssey 11 · 1.27/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
  • Iliad 12 · 1.08/10k
  • Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
  • Histories 5 · 0.27/10k
  • Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
  • Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

westerly wind, the due West wind, northwest

any westerly wind, Βορέης καὶ Ζ., τώ τε Θρῄκηθεν ἄητον Il. 9.5: coupled with Νότος, 21.334; opp. Εὖρος, Od. 5.332, 19.206; Ζ. δυσαής, ἔφυδρος, 5.295, 14.458; ψυχρός Arist. Pr. 946a17; but εὐδιεινὸς καὶ ἥδιστος ib. 943b21; ὁπότε νέφεα Ζ. στυφελίξῃ Il. 11.305; ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο θέοιμεν, of horses, 19.415; later, the due West wind, opp. ἀπηλιώτης, Arist. Mete. 363b12, cf. Mu. 394b26; but rather northwest in Id. Pol. 1290a19. (Prob. cogn. with ζόφος, cf. ζοφόπνοια.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. Ζέφυρος (scan p. 546; entry #2390).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. Ζέφυρος (scan p. 413; entry #2917).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Ζέφυρος (scan pp. 643-644; entry #2270).

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