etesiae

ĕtēsĭae, ārum, m., = ἐτησίαι (sc. ἄνεμοι),

• the winds that blow annually during the dog-days for forty days, Etesian winds, trade-winds, Sen. Q. N. 5, 10 sq.; Col. 11, 2, 56; 58; Lucr. 6, 716; Cic. N. D. 2, 53; id. Fam. 2, 15 fin.; id. poët. Or. 45; Caes. B. C. 3, 107; Liv. 37, 23 et saep.—In sing.: ete-sias, ae, m., = ὁ ἐτησίας, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 335.

etēsiae, ārum, m. (ἐτησίαι sc. ἄνεμοι), die Passatwinde, die jährlich in den Hundstagen 40 Tage unveränderlich aus einer Gegend wehen, Lucr. 6, 716. Cic. ep. 12, 25, 3. Caes. b. c. 3, 107, 1. Liv. 37, 23, 4. Sen. nat. qu. 4, 2, 22 sq. Solin. 32, 9 u. 54, 5: venti etesiae, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 131: etesiarum flatus, Tac. ann. 6, 33; hist. 2, 98. – Sing. etēsiās, ae, m. (ὁ ἐτησίας), Plin. 18, 335. – ➳ Auch etēsiae, ārum, f. (sc. aurae), Hyg. astr. 2, 4. p. 365 M. (zweimal). Isid. 13, 11, 15.

etesiae [CLpl. only < ἐτησίαι sc. ἄνεμοι] , etesian wind. secunda ‥ causa [inundationis Nili] sunt ethesie flantes et renitentes ejus cursui Gros. Hexaem. XI 12 p. 319.

etesiae , arum. n. et, v. etesias
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etēsiae ārum, m

• , ἐτησίαι, Etesian winds, trade-winds, N. W. winds which prevail in summer in the eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea: venti: etesiis tenebatur, Cs.