Βορέας

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Named as the god of the north wind. Perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *gora (mountain, hill, mountainous elevation covered in forests) and Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš (mountain), in which case from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorH-eh₂, from *gʷerH- (mountain, forest).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Βορέᾱς (Boréāsm (genitive Βορέᾱ); first declension (Old Attic, Doric)

  1. the north wind, personified as Boreas
  2. the North

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βορέας, -ου”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227

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Alternative forms

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Proper noun

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Βορέας (Voréasm

  1. (Greek mythology) Boreas, the god of the North Wind

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