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|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον S.''OC''1240 (lyr.): Ion. [[βορήϊος]], η, ον:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[from the quarter of the north wind]], [[northern]], opp νότιος, θάλασσα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 4.37, 6.31; <b class="b3">β. ἀκτά</b> [[exposed to the north]], S.l.c.; τὸ β. τεῖχος Ar.''Fr.''556, And.3.5, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 439e; <b class="b3">τῆς Πλειάδος βορείου γενομένης</b> having appeared [[in the north]], Arist. [[H A]]542b11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[of the north wind]], <b class="b3">β. χειμών</b> 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 A]]574a1, al.; <b class="b3">βορείων ὄντων</b> ib.592a14: Comp. -ότερος Arat. 247, Alex.Aphr.''in Metaph.''446.34: Sup. -ότατος Man.4.241.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[βόρειον]], = [[ἐλλεβορίνη]], Ps.-Dsc.4.108; [[βόρειος]], = [[ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα]], ib.88.