zephyrus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === zephirus (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈzɛ.pʰy.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡zɛː.fi.rus] === Noun === zephyrus m (genitive zephyrī); second declension the gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr; personified as the Greek god Zephyrus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (west wind): favōnius ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “west wind”): apēliōtēs, subsōlānus, sōlānus ==== Descendants ==== === 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.