zephyrus
See also: Zephyrus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”). Not related to zephirum or sefiroth.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈze.pʰy.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛpʰʏrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.fi.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːfirus]
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.”)
- If there is any trust in the winds, sailors, spread your sails to Zephyrus. Tomorrow he will come, favorable upon your waters.
- Sī quā fidēs ventīs, Zephyrō date carbasa, nautae.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | zephyrus | zephyrī |
Genitive | zephyrī | zephyrōrum |
Dative | zephyrō | zephyrīs |
Accusative | zephyrum | zephyrōs |
Ablative | zephyrō | zephyrīs |
Vocative | zephyre | zephyrī |
Synonyms
- (west wind): favōnius
Antonyms
- (west wind): apēliōtēs, subsōlānus, sōlānus
Descendants
- Catalan: Zèfir
- French: zéphyr, Zéphyr
- Galician: cebra, Céfiro
- Italian: zefiro, Zefiro
- Portuguese: zéfiro, Zéfiro
- Spanish: céfiro, Céfiro
- → English: Zephyrus, Zephyr
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.
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