Zĕphyrus, i, m., = Ζέφυρος, a gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr (pure Lat. Favonius); personified, son of Astraeus and Aurora.
I Lit., Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 337; Hor. C. 3, 1, 24; 4, 7, 9; id. Ep. 1, 7, 13; Verg. G. 1, 44; id. A. 4, 223; Ov. M. 1, 64; 1, 108; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 5.—
II Poet., in gen., wind , Verg. A. 4, 562.