etesiae

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ĕtēsĭae: ārum, m., = ἐτησίαι (sc. ἄνεμοι),
I the winds that blow annually during the dog-days for forty days, Etesian winds, trade-winds, Sen. Q. N. 5, 10 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 56; 58; Lucr. 6, 716; Cic. N. D. 2, 53; id. Fam. 2, 15 fin.; id. poët. Or. 45; Caes. B. C. 3, 107; Liv. 37, 23 et saep.—In sing.: ete-sias, ae, m., = ὁ ἐτησίας, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 335.

Latin > German (Georges)

etēsiae, ārum, m. (ετησίαι sc. ἄνεμοι), die Passatwinde, die jährlich in den Hundstagen 40 Tage unveränderlich aus einer Gegend wehen, Lucr. 6, 716. Cic. ep. 12, 25, 3. Caes. b. c. 3, 107, 1. Liv. 37, 23, 4. Sen. nat. qu. 4, 2, 22 sq. Solin. 32, 9 u. 54, 5: venti etesiae, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 131: etesiarum flatus, Tac. ann. 6, 33; hist. 2, 98. – Sing. etēsiās, ae, m. (ὁ ετησίας), Plin. 18, 335. – / Auch etēsiae, ārum, f. (sc. aurae), Hyg. astr. 2, 4. p. 365 M. (zweimal). Isid. 13, 11, 15.