Ζέφυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, any [[westerly wind]], Βορέης καὶ Ζ., τώ τε Θρῄκηθεν ἄητον <span class="bibl">Il.9.5</span>: coupled with [[Νότος]], <span class="bibl">21.334</span>; opp. [[Εὖρος]], <span class="bibl">Od.5.332</span>, <span class="bibl">19.206</span>; <b class="b3">Ζ. δυσαής, ἔφυδρος</b>, <span class="bibl">5.295</span>, <span class="bibl">14.458</span>; ψυχρός <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>946a17</span>; but <b class="b3">εὐδιεινὸς καὶ ἥδιστος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">943b21</span>; ὁπότε νέφεα Ζ. στυφελίξῃ <span class="bibl">Il.11.305</span>; <b class="b3">ἅμα πνοιῇ Ζεφύροιο θέοιμεν</b>, of horses, <span class="bibl">19.415</span>; later, [[the due West wind]], opp. [[ἀπηλιώτης]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>363b12</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>394b26</span>; but rather [[northwest]] in <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1290a19</span>. (Prob. cogn. with [[ζόφος]], cf. [[ζοφόπνοια]].)