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typhones Noun: masculine accusative plural, Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural of typhon

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tȳphon, ōnis, m., = τυφών.
  • A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131; App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning, Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, tȳphōnĭcus, a, um, adj.: ventus, a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—
  • II A name given by the king of Egypt to a comet or meteor, Plin. 2, 25, 24, § 91.

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