Βορέας
boreas
north wind
Appears 23 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Βορέας, ου, ὁ: Aeol. Βορίαις Ale.Supp. 7.13; Ion. Βορέης , or Βορῆς, έω, 7.189; Att. Βορρᾶς, ᾶ, 207, 6.2, al., Criti. 112b, PPetr. 1.21.11 (iii B. C.), Ev.Luc. 13.29, etc.; but gen. Βορέου IG 12.373.29:—Α. north wind, personified as Boreas, Od. 5.296, etc.: generally, opp. νότος, Β. καὶ ἀπαρκτίας Mete. 363b14, cf. Mu. 394b20 (pl.), HA 612b5 (pl.); Β. πνέουσιν ὀρνιθίαι PHib. 1.2-. 59 (iii B. C.). 2. the north, πρὸς Βορέην (v.l. -ρῆν) ἄνεμον towards the north. 2.101; πρὸς Βορέαν τοῦ ὄρους 2.96, cf. 6.2; Βορρᾷ to the north, BGU 1127.12 (i B. C.), etc.; cf. Βορέην· τὴν φῦσαν,
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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