boreas
See also: Boreas and Bóreas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).
Noun
boreas (plural boreases)
- (obsolete, poetic) The north wind.
Synonyms
- northerly
Antonyms
- auster
- southerly
Related terms
- aurora borealis
Translations
Translations
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References
- boreas in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- sea orb
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.re.aːs/, [ˈbɔreäːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.re.as/, [ˈbɔːreäs]
Noun
boreās m (genitive boreae); first declension
- north wind
- Synonyms: (Late Latin) borrās, aquilō, septentriō
- Antonym: auster
- north (compass direction)
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | boreās | boreae |
| Genitive | boreae | boreārum |
| Dative | boreae | boreīs |
| Accusative | boreān | boreās |
| Ablative | boreā | boreīs |
| Vocative | boreā | boreae |
Derived terms
- boreālis
Descendants
- Inherited:
- Aragonese: boira
- Catalan: boira
- Dalmatian: bura
- Galician: boira
- Old French: boire
- Romanian: bură
- Venetian: bura
- Borrowed:
- → English: Boreas
- → Italian: borea; boria?
- → Middle French: borée
- French: borée
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “boreas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1: A–B, page 441
Further reading
- “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
- “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