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ĕtēsĭae , ārum, m., = ἐτησίαι (sc. ἄνεμοι),
I.the winds that blow annually during the dog-days for forty days, Etesian winds, trade-winds, Sen. Q. N. 5, 10 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 56; 58; Lucr. 6, 716; Cic. N. D. 2, 53; id. Fam. 2, 15 fin.; id. poët. Or. 45; Caes. B. C. 3, 107; Liv. 37, 23 et saep.—In sing.: ete-sias , ae, m., = ὁ ἐτησίας, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 335.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 2.15
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    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.716
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