ἐτησίαι

ἐτησ-ίαι, οἱ, gen. ἐτησίων Hdn.Gr. 1.425: (ἔτος):—with or without ἄνεμοι,

• periodic winds, esp. those blowing from north-west during the summer, Hdt. 2.20, 6.140, cf. Hp. Aër. 10, D. 4.31, Arist. Mete. 361b35; of the southerly monsoon in the Indian Ocean, Arr. An. 6.21.1; Εὖροι ἐ. Posidon. ap. Str. 3.2.5.
• • II sg., as nickname of Antipater, who reigned for forty-five days, King of the Dog-days, PCair.Zen. 19.6 (iii B.C.), Porph. Fr.Hist. 4.6.

ἐτησίαι, ίων, οἱ, sc. ἄνεμοι, was Her. 6.140 dabei steht, die jährlich (ἔτος) zu einer gewissen Zeit wiederkehrenden Passatwinde, am gewöhnlichsten der in den Hundstagen auf dem ägäischen Meere wehende πνεῦμα Βορέου ἐν θέρει πνέον ; Her. 2.20 ; Dem. u. A.; vgl. Arist. mund. 4. Genit. plur. ἐτησίων, welche Betonung die Gramm. ausdrücklich vorschreiben. Eust. Il. 21.346 hat einen nom. sing. ἐτησίας.

ἐτησίαι ἔτος

• with or without ἄνεμοι, periodic winds: of the Egyptian monsoons, which blow from the North-west during the summer, Hdt.; of northerly winds, which blow in the Aegean for 40 days from the rising of the dog-star, Hdt., Dem.