Boreas

[ bawr-ee-uhs, bohr- ]

noun

1. the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.

Boreas

/ ˈbɔːrɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth the god personifying the north wind

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boreas¹

C14: via Latin from Greek

Example Sentences

The myth of "Boreas and Orithyia," though faulty perhaps in technique, is good in conception and arrangement.

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The young ones hatched, the storm appears, and Boreas rules again.

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Corus, the northwest wind, drove clouds of snow before him, and Boreas was a figure rough and shivering.

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Not another vessel of her class in the navy could spread so much canvas to the influence of old Boreas as the Dart.

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We ought to have remembered that Boreas, or whichever it was, was hardly a sufficient introduction.

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