νότος
notos
south wind
Appears 38 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
νότος, ὁ, A. south wind (opp. Βορέας, Mete. 363b15, cf. Od. 5.331), εὖτʼ ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Ν. κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην Il. 3.10 ; ὅ τε ν. καὶ ὁ λίψ, ἀνέμων ὑετιώτατοι 2.25 (but ὁ ν. οὐκ ἀρχόμενος ἀλλὰ λήγων ὑέτιος Pr. 942a29) ; ἐτέγχθη κρᾶτʼ . . πληγῇσι νότου Ph. 1457 (anap.) ; χειμερίῳ νότῳ Ant. 335 (lyr.) ; ὑγρὸς καὶ βαρύς HA 597b11 ; ὑδατωδέστερος Pr. 943a5 ; ὅταν μὲν ἐλάττων ᾖ, αἴθριός ἐστιν, ὅταν δὲ μέγας, νεφώδης ib.942a34 ; καυματώδης Mete. 364b23 : in pl., HA 612b6. 2. N. personified as god of the South wind, Th. 380, 870. II. south or south-west quarter, πρὸς μεσαμβρίης τε καὶ νότου 2.8 ; πρὸς νότον κεῖται τῆς Λήμνου 6.139 ; τῆς δὲ γῆς τὸ πρὸς ν. Fr. 24.6 ; τὸ πρὸς ν. τῆς πόλεως 3.6 ; βλέπειν πρὸς ν. IG 22.1227.18 ; ὁ τοῖχος ὁ πρὸς ν. ib.12.372.51 ; πρὸς νότου ἀνέμου ib.56 ; βασίλισσα νότου Ev.Matt. 12.42 ; ἀπὸ νότου c. gen., to the south of, PTeb. 164.17 (ii B.C.), etc. ; later ἐκ νότου c. gen., PStrassb. 29.8 (iii A.D.), etc. : gen. νότου to the south, 105.13 (ii B.C.), etc.
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