etesiae
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐτησίαι (etēsíai).
Noun
[edit]etēsiae f pl (genitive etēsiārum); first declension
- the Etesian winds (N-W winds that blow annually in the Aegean Sea during the dog-days for forty days)
- c. 48 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili 3.107:
- Ipse enim necessario etesiis tenebatur, qui navigantibus Alexandria flant adversissimi venti.
- He (Caesar) was necessarily detained by the Etesian winds, winds that are most unbecomming for those who travel from the shores of Alexandria.
- Ipse enim necessario etesiis tenebatur, qui navigantibus Alexandria flant adversissimi venti.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | etēsiae |
| genitive | etēsiārum |
| dative | etēsiīs |
| accusative | etēsiās |
| ablative | etēsiīs |
| vocative | etēsiae |
References
[edit]- “etesiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “etesiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- etesiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “etesiae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers