boreas

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bŏrĕas: (borras, Prud. Psych. 847; Paul. Nol. Carm. 17, 245), ae, m., = Βορέας or Βορρᾶς.
I 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.—
   B Meton.
   1    The north: Boreae finitimum latus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—
   2    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).—
II Derivv.
   A bŏrī̆us or bŏrē̆us = 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.—
   B bŏrĕālis, e, northern (rare; perh. only in Avienus): flamina, the north winds, Avien. Phaen. Arat. 951; id. Perieg. 84 and 292.