ἐτησίαι
etesiai
periodic winds
Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐτησίαι, οἱ, gen. ἐτησίων Hdn.Gr.1.425: (ἔτος):—with or without ἄνεμοι, A. periodic winds, esp. those blowing from north-west during the summer, 2.20, 6.140, cf. Aër. 10, 4.31, Mete. 361b35; of the southerly monsoon in the Indian Ocean, An. 6.21.1; Εὖροι ἐ. ap. 3.2.5. II. sg., as nickname of Antipater, who reigned for forty-five days, King of the Dog-days, 19.6 (iii B.C.), Fr.Hist. 4.6.
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