βόρειος
boreios
from the quarter of the north wind, northern
Appears 27 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βόρειος, α, ον, also ος, ον OC 1240 (lyr.): Ion. βορήϊος, η, ον:— A. from the quarter of the north wind, northern, opp νότιος, θάλασσα 4.37, 6.31; β. ἀκτά exposed to the north, S.l.c.; τὸ β. τεῖχος Fr. 556, 3.5, R. 439e; τῆς Πλειάδος βορείου γενομένης having appeared in the north, H A 542b11. 2. of the north wind, β. χειμών a winter during which northerly winds prevail, Aph. 3.11, Pr. 859b21; ἔαρ ib.860a13; βόρεια, τά, northerly winds, ib.944a1, etc. (rarely in sg., V. 265; ὅταν ᾖ βόρειον Cyn. 8.1); βορείοις in the time of northerly winds, H A 574a1, al.; βορείων ὄντων ib.592a14: Comp. -ότερος 247, in Metaph. 446.34: Sup. -ότατος 4.241. II. βόρειον, = ἐλλεβορίνη, Ps.- 4.108; βόρειος, = ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα, ib.88.
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