Zephirus
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephyrus
Etymology
From Latin zephyrus (“Zephyrus; the west wind”), from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros).
Proper noun
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
- English: Zephyrus
References
- “Zephirus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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