trade-wind
TRADE-WIND
ventus qui magnam partem omnis temporis in his locis flare consuevit (of the prevailing wind of a particular district Caes.). [Etesiae the wind that blows in the Mediterranean during the dog-days; explained by Gell. 2 2 venti qui certo tempore cum canis oritur ex alia atque alia parte caeli spirant].
ventus qui magnam partem omnis temporis in his locis flare consuevit (of the prevailing wind of a particular district Caes.). [Etesiae the wind that blows in the Mediterranean during the dog-days; explained by Gell. 2 2 venti qui certo tempore cum canis oritur ex alia atque alia parte caeli spirant].
trade-wind: *ventus qui certo tempore ex (eadem) parte caeli perpetuo spirat, cf. Gell. 2, 2 (the description of the Etesiae).