单词 | notus |
释义 | Notusn. Chiefly poetic and literary. The south wind, frequently personified; (Greek Mythology) the god of the south wind, son of Eos and Astraeus. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south south windeOE AusterOE southc1384 Notusa1398 souther1851 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 135 Þat on [sc. wind] is estward and hatte nothus, þe souþe souþest wynd. ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. met. vi. 27 And eek Nero governede alle the peples that the vyolent wynde Nothus [L. Notus] scorklith. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 2680 (MED) Auster is cardinal meridian, Nothus ful grymly goth on his right side, And Chorus on the right [read left] hond forth thei han. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. vi. 61 That thai forryn and gois befor alway Zephirus and Nothus. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Avi And notus brym the wynd meridiane With wyngis donk and pennis full of rane Awalkenit me. 1581 W. Averell Life & Death Charles & Iulia sig. F.vv Her body thus inclosde therein, in quiuering sort dooth quake: Lyke as the wauering Aspen leafe, by Notus blaste dooth shake. 1616 G. Chapman tr. Musaeus Divine Poem G 6 Notus and Boreas wrastler like imbrace. 1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur v. 129 He [sc. the Emperor of the Winds] calls his wandring Subjects home, Eurus and Notus straight obedient come; Last, sluggish Auster, to his Den with wet And flabby Wings. 1742 W. Shenstone School-mistress vii The childish Faces of old Eol's Train, Libs, Notus, Auster. 1777 C. Smart Providence iii. 16 At God's great, righteous power whole systems quake... The West encounters East, and Notus meets In his career the Hyperborean blast. 1810 Ld. Byron Let. 31 July (1981) XI. 158 A most innavigable ship, which pertinaciously rejects the addresses of..Notus. 1871 M. Collins Rupert's Ring in Inn of Strange Meetings 70 Blow, swift south wind, from those green hills of Surrey... Greet a poor scribbler, who in octave rhyme Is fain to tell a most astounding narrative, And hails thee, Notus, as a fit preparative. 1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 927/1 Aurora..was the mother of the winds Zephyrus, Notus and Boreas. 1990 P. Allardice Myths, Gods & Fantasy (BNC) 76 Eos..wed Astareus [sic] the Titan and bore the Four Winds, Boreas, Eurus, Notus and Zephyrus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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