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
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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..." - G
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..."