Boreas is the harshest of all the winds.
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Boreas
//ˈbɔːɹɪəs//
Synonyms for "boreas" (10 found)
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28 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Βορέᾱς name (Greek god)
Bulgarian
2 entries- Боре́й name (Greek god)
- Борей name (the north wind personified)
Catalan
2 entries- Bòreas name (Greek god)
- bòrees noun (Translations)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 北風 /北风 name (the north wind personified)
Esperanto
1 entries- Boreo name (Greek god)
French
3 entries- Borée name (Greek god)
- aquilon noun (Translations)
- borée noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Nordwind noun (Translations)
Greek
2 entries- Βορέας name (Greek god)
- Βορρέας name (Greek god)
Hungarian
1 entries- Boreasz name (Greek god)
Italian
1 entries- Borea name (Greek god)
Latin
1 entries- Boreas name (Greek god)
Polish
1 entries- Boreasz name (Greek god)
Portuguese
1 entries- Bóreas name (Greek god)
Russian
2 entries- Боре́й name (Greek god)
- Боре́й name (the north wind personified)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Borej name (Greek god)
- Бореј name (Greek god)
Spanish
2 entries- Bóreas name (Greek god)
- bóreas noun (Translations)
Swedish
3 entries- Bore name (the north wind personified)
- Boreas name (Greek god)
- Kung Bore name (the north wind personified)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Боре́й name (Greek god)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Aeolus wooed and married the dainty Aurora, goddess of the morning, who bore him his sons, i.e. Boreas, the north wind; Notus, the south wind; Eurus, the east wind; and Zephyrus, the soft and gentle west wind. Sometimes Aurora sought the services of her children, but they were entirely under the control of their father Aeolus who ruled them with a strict hand.
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For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.
Source: wiktionary
BOREAS, one of the four Cardinal Winds, and one of the Deities of the Heathens, was the Son of Aſtræus and Aurora, and had his Seat at Thrace. Pindar calls him the King of Winds. [Footnote numbers omitted.]
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