"eurus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: euruses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English Eurus, ewrus, from Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁werH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|Eurus,ewrus}} Middle English Eurus, ewrus, {{der|en|la|eurus}} Latin eurus, {{der|en|grc|εὖρος}} Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eurus (plural euruses)
  1. (obsolete, poetic) The east wind. Tags: obsolete, poetic Synonyms: easterly
    Sense id: en-eurus-en-noun-Q~fBxvUG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "zephyr"
    },
    {
      "word": "westerly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Eurus",
      "Eurus#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "ewrus",
      "ewrus#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "eurus",
      "eurus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "εὖρος",
      "εὖρος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁werH-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "Eurus,ewrus"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English Eurus, ewrus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "eurus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin eurus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "εὖρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English Eurus, ewrus, from Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "euruses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eurus (plural euruses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The east wind."
      ],
      "id": "en-eurus-en-noun-Q~fBxvUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "east wind",
          "east wind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, poetic) The east wind."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "easterly"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eurus"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "zephyr"
    },
    {
      "word": "westerly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Eurus",
      "Eurus#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "ewrus",
      "ewrus#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "eurus",
      "eurus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "εὖρος",
      "εὖρος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "Eurus,ewrus"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English Eurus, ewrus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "eurus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin eurus",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "εὖρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English Eurus, ewrus, from Latin eurus, from Ancient Greek εὖρος (eûros).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "euruses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eurus (plural euruses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English poetic terms",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁werH-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The east wind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "east wind",
          "east wind"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, poetic) The east wind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "easterly"
    }
  ],
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}

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