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‖ eurus Obs.|ˈjʊərəs|
[L. Eurus, a. Gr. Εὖρος the east wind (more correctly ESE.).]
The east-wind, ESE. or SE.; the god of the east-wind. Now only Mythol. or in poet. personification.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. C. 133 Eurus & Aquiloun..Blowes boþe at my bode vpon blo watteres. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. iii. (1495) 386 Eurus that is the South este wynde. 1606Peacham Graphice (J.), Eurus..must be drawn with blown cheeks, wings upon his shoulders, and his body the colour of the tawny moon. 1667Milton P.L. x. 705 Forth rush the Levant and the Ponent Winds, Eurus and Zephir. 1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking 120 Recipe for a tempest. Take eurus, zephyr, auster and boreas, and cast them together in one verse. 1775in Ash. 1828in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |