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ăquĭlo , ōnis, m. perh. from aqua, as bringing wet weather, or aquilus, dark, as bringing lowering and stormy weather.
I. A.. Lit., the north wind; Gr. Βορεας; plur., Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; Ov. M. 2, 132; 5, 285; 10, 77 al.; acc. to accurate nautical designation, north-one-third-east wind, between the septentrio and vulturnus, opp. to Auster Africanus or Libonotus, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119 sq.: horrifer Aquilonis stridor gelidas molitur nives, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: “cum ille vento Aquilone venisset Lemnum,” Nep. Milt. 1, 5: “Aquilo frigidus,” Verg. G. 2, 404: “densus,” id. ib. 3, 196: “stridens Aquilone procella,” id. A. 1, 102: “hiems aquilonibus asperat undas,” id. ib. 3, 285: “impotens,” Hor. C. 3, 30, 3: “clarus,” Verg. G. 1, 460: “Threïcius,” Hor. Epod. 13, 3: “ad aquilonem et ad austrum,” Vulg. 1 Par. 9, 24; ib. Luc. 13, 29: “ad aquilonem et meridiem,” ib. Gen. 13, 14 et persaepe (in the Vulg. only in sing.).—Plur.: “Africum Decertantem aquilonibus,” Hor. C. 1, 3, 13: “Neptunus classes aquilonibus arcet,” id. A. P. 64 al. persaepe.—
B. Meton. for the north: “spelunca conversa ad aquilonem,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48.—
II. Ăquĭlo , ōnis, m.; in mythology, the husband of Orithyia and father of Calais and Zetes, who dwelt in a cave of Hæmus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 7, 3; Mel. 3, 5, 1; Val. Fl. 4, 432; Hyg. Fab. 14.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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