Zephirus
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin zephyrus (“Zephyrus; the west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros).
Proper noun[edit]
Zephirus
- Zephyrus, the Ancient Greek god of the west wind.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
- Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
Descendants[edit]
- English: Zephyrus
References[edit]
- “Zephirus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.