I. The north wind; pure Lat aquilo, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119: “ventus Boreas,” Nep. Milt. 2, 4: “Boreae frigus,” Verg. G. 1, 93: “tellus boreā rigida spirante,” id. ib. 2, 316; id. A. 3, 687: “horrifer,” Ov. M. 1, 65: “praeceps,” id. ib. 2, 185; 13, 418; 15, 471; Col. poët. 10, 288; Stat. S. 5, 1, 82.—Acc. Borean, Ov. M. 15, 471; id. F. 2, 147; Luc. 4, 61; 5, 543; 5, 705; 8, 183; 10, 289; Stat. S. 3, 2, 45; id. Th. 7, 6; Manil. 4, 644: “Boream,” Prop. 2 (3), 26, 51. Claud. Epigr. 9, 3.—
B. Meton.
1. The north: “Boreae finitimum latus,” Hor. C. 3, 24, 38.—
2. Personified, the son of the river-god Strymon, and father of Calais and Zetes by Orithyia, daughter of Erectheus, king of Attica, Ov. M. 6, 682; 6, 711 sq.; Prop. 2, 26, 51 (3, 22, 31).—
II. Derivv.
A. bŏrī^us or bŏrē^us = βόρειος, pertaining to the north wind, northern: “sub axe boreo,” Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41; so Isid. Orig. 3, 32, 1 Lind. N. cr.; 3, 36; “13, 5, 5: frigus,” Prisc. Perieg. 271; 315; 789.—Bŏrīon , ii, n., = Βόρειοϝ: promonturium, Βόρειον ἄκπον, in Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 7, 5; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 28.—
