"boreus" meaning in Latin

See boreus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόρειος (bóreios), from Βορέας (Boréas) + -ειος (-eios). By surface analysis, Boreās + -ēus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|grc|βόρειος}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόρειος (bóreios), {{af|grc|Βορέας|-ειος|nocat=1}} Βορέας (Boréas) + -ειος (-eios), {{surf|la|Boreās|-ēus}} By surface analysis, Boreās + -ēus Head templates: {{la-adj|boreus}} boreus (feminine borea, neuter boreum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|boreus}} Forms: borea [feminine], boreum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], boreus [masculine, nominative, singular], borea [feminine, nominative, singular], boreum [neuter, nominative, singular], boreī [masculine, nominative, plural], boreae [feminine, nominative, plural], borea [neuter, nominative, plural], boreī [genitive, masculine, singular], boreae [feminine, genitive, singular], boreī [genitive, neuter, singular], boreōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], boreārum [feminine, genitive, plural], boreōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], boreō [dative, masculine, singular], boreae [dative, feminine, singular], boreō [dative, neuter, singular], boreīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], boreum [accusative, masculine, singular], boream [accusative, feminine, singular], boreum [accusative, neuter, singular], boreōs [accusative, masculine, plural], boreās [accusative, feminine, plural], borea [accusative, neuter, plural], boreō [ablative, masculine, singular], boreā [ablative, feminine, singular], boreō [ablative, neuter, singular], boreīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], boree [masculine, singular, vocative], borea [feminine, singular, vocative], boreum [neuter, singular, vocative], boreī [masculine, plural, vocative], boreae [feminine, plural, vocative], borea [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. northern, north, northerly Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-boreus-la-adj-YGH9TnSK Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -eus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -eus: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. relating to the north wind Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-boreus-la-adj-Lkm7krAj Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -eus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Wind Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -eus: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Wind: 25 75
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boreum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boreī",
      "links": [
        [
          "boreī",
          "borei#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boreae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "borea",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "boreus"
      },
      "expansion": "boreus (feminine borea, neuter boreum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "boreus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "northern, north, northerly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
          "north",
          "north"
        ],
        [
          "northerly",
          "northerly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "relating to the north wind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "north wind",
          "north wind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "boreus"
}

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