Ζέφυρος
zephyros
westerly wind
Appears 23 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Ζέφυρος, ὁ, any A. westerly wind, Βορέης καὶ Ζ., τώ τε Θρῄκηθεν ἄητον Il. 9.5: coupled with Νότος, 21.334; opp. Εὖρος, Od. 5.332, 19.206; Ζ. δυσαής, ἔφυδρος, 5.295, 14.458; ψυχρός Pr. 946a17; but εὐδιεινὸς καὶ ἥδιστος ib.943b21; ὁπότε νέφεα Ζ. στυφελίξῃ Il. 11.305; ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο θέοιμεν, of horses, 19.415; later, the due West wind, opp. ἀπηλιώτης, Mete. 363b12, cf.Mu. 394b26; but rather northwest in Pol. 1290a19. (Prob. cogn. with ζόφος, cf. ζοφόπνοια.)
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