boreas

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

bŏrĕas (borras, Prud. Psych. 847; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 245), ae, m., = Βορέας or Βορρᾶς.

I The north wind; pure Lat aquilo, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: ventus Boreas, Nep. Milt. 2, 4: Boreae frigus, Verg. G. 1, 93: tellus boreā rigida spirante, id. ib. 2, 316; id. A. 3, 687: horrifer, Ov. M. 1, 65: praeceps, id. ib. 2, 185; 13, 418; 15, 471; Col. poët. 10, 288; Stat. S. 5, 1, 82.— Acc. Borean, Ov. M. 15, 471; id. F. 2, 147; Luc. 4, 61; 5, 543; 5, 705; 8, 183; 10, 289; Stat. S. 3, 2, 45; id. Th. 7, 6; Manil. 4, 644: Boream, Prop. 2 (3), 26, 51; Claud. Epigr. 9, 3.—

B Meton.

1 The north : Boreae finitimum latus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—

2 Personified, the son of the river-god Strymon , and father of Calais and Zetes by Orithyia , daughter of Erectheus , king of Attica , Ov. M. 6, 682; 6, 711 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 51 (3, 22, 31).—

II Derivv.

A bŏrī̆us or bŏrē̆us = βόρειος, pertaining to the north wind , northern : sub axe boreo, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41; so Isid. Orig. 3, 32, 1 Lind. N. cr.; 3, 36; 13, 5, 5: frigus, Prisc. Perieg. 271; 315; 789.— Bŏrīon , ii, n., = Βόρειον: promonturium, Βόρειον ἄκρον, in Cyrenaica , Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.—

B bŏrĕālis , e, northern (rare; perh. only in Avienus): flamina, the north winds , Avien. Phaen. Arat. 951; id. Perieg. 84 and 292.

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