βόρειος
τίς ἐς σὸν κρᾶτ' ἐπύκτευσεν → who hit you with the fist on the head, who has been pummeling your head
English (LSJ)
α, ον, also ος, ον S.OC1240 (lyr.): Ion. βορήϊος, η, ον:—
A from the quarter of the north wind, northern, opp νότιος, θάλασσα Hdt. 4.37, 6.31; β. ἀκτά exposed to the north, S.l.c.; τὸ β. τεῖχος Ar.Fr.556, And.3.5, Pl.R.439e; τῆς Πλειάδος βορείου γενομένης having appeared in the north, Arist.H A542b11. 2 of the north wind, β. χειμών a winter during which northerly winds prevail, Hp.Aph.3.11, Arist.Pr. 859b21; ἔαρ ib.860a13; βόρεια, τά, northerly winds, ib.944a1, etc. (rarely in sg., Ar.V.265; ὅταν ᾖ βόρειον X.Cyn.8.1); βορείοις in the time of northerly winds, Arist.H A574a1, al.; βορείων ὄντων ib.592a14: Comp. -ότερος Arat. 247, Alex.Aphr.in Metaph.446.34: Sup. -ότατος Man.4.241. II βόρειον, = ἐλλεβορίνη, Ps.-Dsc.4.108; βόρειος, = ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα, ib.88.
