Zephyr

See also: zephyr, zéphyr, and Zéphyr

English

Alternative forms

• Zephyrus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros).

Proper noun

Zephyr

1. (Greek mythology) The god of the West Wind.
   • 1714 June 10, [Alexander Pope], The Guardian, volume I, number 78, London: Printed for J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-against Catherine-street in the Strand, page 332:

     For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.

2. (poetic) The west wind personified.

Hypernyms

• Anemoi, Aquilon

Coordinate terms

• Boreas/Septentrio (north), Notos/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west)

Derived terms

• zephyrette, Zephyrette

Translations

Greek god

• Finnish: Zefyros
• Hungarian: Zephürosz
• Italian: Zefiro m
• Polish: Zefir (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zéfiro (pt) m
• Russian: Зефи́р m (Zefír)
• Spanish: Céfiro m
• Swedish: Zefyros

The west wind personified

• Persian: صبا (fa) (sabâ)
• Russian: Зефи́р m (Zefír)