Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

 

Noun

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

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  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

Further reading

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Βορέας (Voréasm

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

Declension

Declension of Βορέας
singular
nominative Βορέας (Voréas)
genitive Βορέα (Voréa)
accusative Βορέα (Voréa)
vocative Βορέα (Voréa)

Further reading

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