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southerly
English
Etymology
souther +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?ð?li?/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?s?ð?li/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?s?ð?li?/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?s?ð?li?/
Noun
southerly (plural southerlies)
- A wind blowing from the south.
Synonyms
- auster, souther
Translations
Adjective
southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)
- coming from the south.
- Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds
- Facing the south; directed towards the south.
- Located towards the south
Synonyms
- southly
Derived terms
- southerliness
Translations
Adverb
southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)
- In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.
- From the south.
Synonyms
- southly
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boreas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s)
Noun
boreas (plural boreases)
- (obsolete, poetic) The north wind.
Synonyms
- northerly
Antonyms
- auster
- southerly
Translations
References
- boreas in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- sea orb
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?bo.re.a?s/, [?b??eä?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?bo.re.as/, [?b?????s]
Noun
bore?s m (genitive boreae); first declension
- north wind
- north (compass direction)
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -?s).
Synonyms
- (north wind): septentri?
Antonyms
- (north wind): auster, mer?di?s
Derived terms
- bore?lis
Descendants
References
- boreas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- boreas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- boreas in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- boreas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- boreas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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