zephyrus
See also: Zephyrus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”). Not related to zephirum or sefiroth.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈze.pʰy.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛpʰʏrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.fi.rus/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːfirus]
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
- (west wind): favōnius
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “west wind”): apēliōtēs, subsōlānus, sōlānus
Descendants edit
Descendants
- Galician: cebra
- → Catalan: Zèfir
- → English: Zephyr, zephyr
- → Galician: Céfiro
- → German: Zephir
- → Italian: zefiro, Zefiro
- → Middle English: Zephirus, Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephyrus
- English: Zephyrus
- → Middle French: zephire
- → Old French: Zephirus
- → Polish: Zefir
- → Portuguese: zéfiro, Zéfiro
- → Spanish: céfiro, Céfiro
References edit
- “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.