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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from a descendant of *nurþrą or from Notus (νότος (nótos))
Pronunciation
Noun
Northus m sg (genitive Northī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin, dubious) the north
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- 1865, De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum auctore Dudone Sancti Quintini decano. Nouvelle édtion publiée par Jules Lair, p. 133:
- , postea Zephyro, Nothoque nobis contrariis obtriti,
- 1848, Philipp Krug, Forschungen in der älteren Geschichte Russlands. Erster Theil, p. 167:
- Ich möchte (Du Cange im Glossar. entgegen), statt Northo hier Noto oder Notho lesen (wie S. 493); theils weils vorher schon Aquilo vorkommt, theils weil die Normannen eigentlich nach Rom gehen wollten, und nur, durch den Südostwind (Notus) getrieben, nördlicher nach Luna kamen.