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aquilonius

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Latin > English

aquilonius aquilonia, aquilonium ADJ :: northern, northerly; facing north; subject to north winds; of Boreas

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăquĭlōnĭus: a, um, adj. aquilo.
I Northern, northerly, of the north: quae (regio) tum est aquilonia tum australis, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 50 B. and K.: hiems, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 12: luna, toward the north, id. 2, 97, 99, § 215: loca, id. 27, 13, 119, § 144: Aquilonius piscis, a constellation (cf. aquilonaris), Col. 11, 2, 24 and 63; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.—
II (Acc. to aquilo, II.) Of or pertaining to Aquilo (as a person): proles, i.e. Calais and Zetes, Prop. 1, 20, 25; Val. Fl. 4, 462: pignora, Stat. Th. 5, 432.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăquĭlōnĭus, a, um, du nord : Cic. Nat. 2, 50.

Latin > German (Georges)

aquilōnius, a, um (aquilo), I) nördlich, regio (Ggstz. regio australis), Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 50. Liv. 40, 58, 8: frigedo, Varr. sat. Men. 77: frigus, Solin. 9, 2: hiems, Plin.: pars, Nordseite, Solin., Augustin. u. Cael. Aur.: Piscis, ein Gestirn, der nördliche Fisch, Col. – II) Aquilōnius, zum Aquilo (als Person) gehörend, proles, Kalaïs u. Zetes, Prop. 1, 20, 25. Val. Flacc. 4, 462 u. 501: so pignora, Stat. Theb. 5, 432.

Latin > Chinese

aquilonius, a, um. adj. :: 北方者