Βορέας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Named as the god of the north wind, perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *gora (mountain, hill, mountainous elevation covered in forests).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Βορέᾱς • (Boréās) m (genitive Βορέᾱ); first declension (Old Attic, Doric)

  1. the north wind, personified as Boreas
  2. the North

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Βορέας (Voréas), βοριάς m (voriás), βορράς m (vorrás)
  • Latin: Boreas
  • Middle Armenian: բօրէաս (bōrēas)
  • Old Armenian: վոռէ (voṙē)
  • Old Georgian: ბორიაჲ (boriay, northern wind)
    • Georgian: ბორია (boria, cold, northern breeze), ბორიო (borio)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پویراز (poyraz)
  • Mingrelian: ბორია (boria, wind)

References

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Βορέας • (Voréas) m

  1. (Greek mythology) Boreas, the god of the North Wind

Declension

Further reading

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