altanus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

altānus, i, m.,

a south-southwest wind , between the Africus and Libonotus , Vitr. 1, 6, 10, cf. Plin. 2, 43, 44, § 114 (acc. to Isid. Orig. 13, 11 and Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 27, the sea winds were so called quod ab alto spirant).