"zephyrus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈze.pʰy.rus/ [Classical], [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛpʰʏrʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈd͡ze.fi.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːfirus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”). Not related to zephirum or sefiroth. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Ζέφυρος||Zephyrus, the west wind}} Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”), {{m|la|zephirum}} zephirum Head templates: {{la-noun|zephyrus<2>}} zephyrus m (genitive zephyrī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|zephyrus<2>}} Forms: zephyrī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], zephyrus [nominative, singular], zephyrī [nominative, plural], zephyrī [genitive, singular], zephyrōrum [genitive, plural], zephyrō [dative, singular], zephyrīs [dative, plural], zephyrum [accusative, singular], zephyrōs [accusative, plural], zephyrō [ablative, singular], zephyrīs [ablative, plural], zephyre [singular, vocative], zephyrī [plural, vocative]
  1. the gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr; personified as the Greek god Zephyrus Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Wind Synonyms (west wind): favōnius

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for zephyrus meaning in Latin (6.8kB)

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “west wind”",
      "word": "apēliōtēs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “west wind”",
      "word": "subsōlānus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “west wind”",
      "word": "sōlānus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
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          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cebra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cebra"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Zèfir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: Zèfir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: Zèfir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Zephyr",
            "3": "zephyr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Zephyr, zephyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Zephyr, zephyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Céfiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: Céfiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: Céfiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Zephir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Zephir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Zephir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "zefiro",
            "3": "Zefiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: zefiro, Zefiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: zefiro, Zefiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Zephirus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: Zephirus, Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephyrus\nEnglish: Zephyrus",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: Zephirus, Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephyrus\nEnglish: Zephyrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "zephire",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle French: zephire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle French: zephire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "zéphyr",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "Zéphyr"
          },
          "expansion": "French: zéphyr, zéphir, zéphire; Zéphyr\n→ English: zéphire\n→ Ottoman Turkish: زفیر (zefir)\nTurkish: zefir\n→ Polish: zefir\n→ Romanian: zefir\n→ Russian: зефи́р (zefír, “marshmallow”)\n→ Belarusian: зефі́р (zjefír) (semantic loan)\n→ English: zefir, → zephyr (semantic loan)\n→ Georgian: ზეფირი (zepiri)\n→ Ukrainian: зефі́р (zefír) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: zéphyr, zéphir, zéphire; Zéphyr\n→ English: zéphire\n→ Ottoman Turkish: زفیر (zefir)\nTurkish: zefir\n→ Polish: zefir\n→ Romanian: zefir\n→ Russian: зефи́р (zefír, “marshmallow”)\n→ Belarusian: зефі́р (zjefír) (semantic loan)\n→ English: zefir, → zephyr (semantic loan)\n→ Georgian: ზეფირი (zepiri)\n→ Ukrainian: зефі́р (zefír) (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "Zephirus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: Zephirus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: Zephirus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Zefir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: Zefir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: Zefir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "zéfiro",
            "3": "Zéfiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: zéfiro, Zéfiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: zéfiro, Zéfiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "céfiro",
            "3": "Céfiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: céfiro, Céfiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: céfiro, Céfiro"
    }
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "zephyrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "zephyrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zephyrus<2>"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "zephyrus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Wind",
          "orig": "la:Wind",
          "parents": [
            "Weather",
            "Atmosphere",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.715–716",
          "text": "Sī quā fidēs ventīs, Zephyrō date carbasa, nautae.\ncrās veniet vestrīs ille secundus aquīs.\nIf there is any trust in the winds, sailors, spread your sails to Zephyrus. Tomorrow he will come, favorable upon your waters.\n(Note the echoing sonority of “ventīs,” “veniet” and “vestrīs.”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr; personified as the Greek god Zephyrus"
      ],
      "id": "en-zephyrus-la-noun-oXJli7CG",
      "links": [
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "western",
          "western"
        ],
        [
          "breeze",
          "breeze"
        ],
        [
          "Zephyrus",
          "Zephyrus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "west wind",
          "word": "favōnius"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈze.pʰy.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪͡z̪ɛpʰʏrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ze.fi.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːfirus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zephyrus"
}
{
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “west wind”",
      "word": "apēliōtēs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “west wind”",
      "word": "subsōlānus"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “west wind”",
      "word": "sōlānus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "cebra"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: cebra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: cebra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Zèfir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: Zèfir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: Zèfir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Zephyr",
            "3": "zephyr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Zephyr, zephyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Zephyr, zephyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "Céfiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: Céfiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: Céfiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Zephir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Zephir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Zephir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "zefiro",
            "3": "Zefiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: zefiro, Zefiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: zefiro, Zefiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "Zephirus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: Zephirus, Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephyrus\nEnglish: Zephyrus",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: Zephirus, Zeferus, Zepherus, Zephyrus\nEnglish: Zephyrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "zephire",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle French: zephire",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle French: zephire"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "zéphyr",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "Zéphyr"
          },
          "expansion": "French: zéphyr, zéphir, zéphire; Zéphyr\n→ English: zéphire\n→ Ottoman Turkish: زفیر (zefir)\nTurkish: zefir\n→ Polish: zefir\n→ Romanian: zefir\n→ Russian: зефи́р (zefír, “marshmallow”)\n→ Belarusian: зефі́р (zjefír) (semantic loan)\n→ English: zefir, → zephyr (semantic loan)\n→ Georgian: ზეფირი (zepiri)\n→ Ukrainian: зефі́р (zefír) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: zéphyr, zéphir, zéphire; Zéphyr\n→ English: zéphire\n→ Ottoman Turkish: زفیر (zefir)\nTurkish: zefir\n→ Polish: zefir\n→ Romanian: zefir\n→ Russian: зефи́р (zefír, “marshmallow”)\n→ Belarusian: зефі́р (zjefír) (semantic loan)\n→ English: zefir, → zephyr (semantic loan)\n→ Georgian: ზეფირი (zepiri)\n→ Ukrainian: зефі́р (zefír) (semantic loan)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "Zephirus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: Zephirus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: Zephirus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "Zefir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: Zefir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: Zefir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "zéfiro",
            "3": "Zéfiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: zéfiro, Zéfiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: zéfiro, Zéfiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "céfiro",
            "3": "Céfiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: céfiro, Céfiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: céfiro, Céfiro"
    }
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    {
      "form": "zephyrī",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrus",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "zephyrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zephyrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "la-noun"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
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        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Wind"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.715–716",
          "text": "Sī quā fidēs ventīs, Zephyrō date carbasa, nautae.\ncrās veniet vestrīs ille secundus aquīs.\nIf there is any trust in the winds, sailors, spread your sails to Zephyrus. Tomorrow he will come, favorable upon your waters.\n(Note the echoing sonority of “ventīs,” “veniet” and “vestrīs.”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr; personified as the Greek god Zephyrus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ],
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ],
        [
          "western",
          "western"
        ],
        [
          "breeze",
          "breeze"
        ],
        [
          "Zephyrus",
          "Zephyrus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈze.pʰy.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪͡z̪ɛpʰʏrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ze.fi.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːfirus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "west wind",
      "word": "favōnius"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zephyrus"
}

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