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|lshtext=<b>bŏrĕas</b>: ([[borras]], Prud. Psych. 847; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 245), ae, m., = [[Βορέας]]> or [[Βορρᾶς]]>.<br /><b>I</b> The [[north]] [[wind]]; [[pure]] Lat [[aquilo]], Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: [[ventus]] [[Boreas]], Nep. Milt. 2, 4: Boreae [[frigus]], Verg. G. 1, 93: [[tellus]] boreā rigida spirante, id. ib. 2, 316; id. A. 3, 687: [[horrifer]], Ov. M. 1, 65: [[praeceps]], id. ib. 2, 185; 13, 418; 15, 471; Col. poët. 10, 288; Stat. S. 5, 1, 82.—Acc. Borean, Ov. M. 15, 471; id. F. 2, 147; Luc. 4, 61; 5, 543; 5, 705; 8, 183; 10, 289; Stat. S. 3, 2, 45; id. Th. 7, 6; Manil. 4, 644: Boream, Prop. 2 (3), 26, 51; Claud. Epigr. 9, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[north]]: Boreae finitimum [[latus]], Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personified, the [[son]] of the [[river]]-[[god]] [[Strymon]], and [[father]] of [[Calais]] and [[Zetes]] by [[Orithyia]], [[daughter]] of Erectheus, [[king]] of [[Attica]], Ov. M. 6, 682; 6, 711 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 51 (3, 22, 31).—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> bŏrī&#774;us or bŏrē&#774;us = [[βόρειος]]>, pertaining to the [[north]] [[wind]], [[northern]]: sub [[axe]] boreo, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41; so Isid. Orig. 3, 32, 1 Lind. N. cr.; 3, 36; 13, 5, 5: [[frigus]], Prisc. Perieg. 271; 315; 789.—Bŏrīon, ii, n., = Βόρειοϝ>: [[promonturium]], Βόρειον ἄκπον, in Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> bŏrĕālis, e, [[northern]] ([[rare]]; perh. [[only]] in [[Avienus]]): [[flamina]], the [[north]] winds, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 951; id. Perieg. 84 and 292.
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