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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”). Not related to zephirum or sefiroth.
Pronunciation
Noun
zephyrus m (genitive zephyrī); second declension
- the gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr; personified as the Greek god Zephyrus
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 6.715–716:
- Sī quā fidēs ventīs, Zephyrō date carbasa, nautae.
crās veniet vestrīs ille secundus aquīs.- If there is any trust in the winds, sailors, spread your sails to Zephyrus. Tomorrow he will come, favorable upon your waters.
(Note the echoing sonority of “ventīs,” “veniet” and “vestrīs.”)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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References
- “zephyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “zephyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- zephyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.