etesiis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →etesia, etesiae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
etesian winds (pl.), NW winds blowing during dog days in Eastern Mediterranean;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...summis Boreas composuit iugis, aestas ueliferis soluit Etesiis, quem tangit gelido flumine lucidus Alpheos, stadio notus Olympico, aduertat..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...quas ex Pompeianis militibus confecerat. Ipse enim necessario etesiis tenebatur, qui navigantibus Alexandria flant adversissimi venti. Interim controversias..."