βόρειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1240</span> (lyr.): Ion. βορήϊος, η, ον:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">from the quarter of the north wind, northern</b>, opp νότιος, θάλασσα <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.37</span>, <span class="bibl">6.31</span>; <b class="b3">β. ἀκτά</b> <b class="b2">exposed to the north</b>, S.l.c.; τὸ β. τεῖχος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>556</span>, <span class="bibl">And.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>439e</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς Πλειάδος βορείου γενομένης</b> having appeared <b class="b2">in the north</b>, Arist.<b class="b2">H A</b>542b11. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">of the north wind</b>, <b class="b3">β. χειμών</b> a winter <b class="b2">during which northerly winds prevail</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>3.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 859b21</span>; <b class="b3">ἔαρ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">860a13</span>; <b class="b3">βόρεια, τά</b>, <b class="b2">northerly winds</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">944a1</span>, etc. (rarely in sg., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>265</span>; ὅταν ᾖ βόρειον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>8.1</span>); <b class="b3">βορείοις</b> <b class="b2">in the time of northerly winds</b>, Arist.<b class="b2">H A</b>574a1, al.; <b class="b3">βορείων ὄντων</b> ib.592a14: Comp. -ότερος <span class="bibl">Arat. 247</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Metaph.</span>446.34</span>: Sup. -ότατος <span class="bibl">Man.4.241</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">βόρειον</b>, = [[ἐλλεβορίνη]], Ps.-Dsc.4.108; <b class="b3">βόρειος</b>, = [[ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα]], ib.88.</span>