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Meteorology Beyond Borders
ἐτησίαι
see also:
aura,-ae, wind
etesian wind
Aristotle METE
ἐτησίαι
DEF: as continuous after the solstices II 5.362a12, a19, a23, a30, cf. 361b35; II 5.361b24;
• caused by II 5.363a15
• direction of II 6.365a6
• weak (ornithiai) II 5.362a23
Lucretius DRN
etesiai,-arum
Seneca NQ
etesiai,-arum
DEF: opposite to the Nile’s mouth VI 716;