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Notus

Notus, the south wind

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Notus , ī, m.: identical in meaning with auster; the south-wind, 1.85; wind, 6.355; storm, 1.575.
Nŏtus and Nŏtos, i, m. [Νότος], = auster, the south wind.
  • I Lit.: tres Notus hibernas immensa per aequora noctes Vexit me violentus aquā, Verg. A. 6, 355: madidis Notus evolat alis, Ov. M. 1, 264: udus, Hor. Epod. 10, 19: procellosus, Ov. H. 2, 12: tepidus, id. Am. 1, 4, 12: sub Noton et Borean, Luc. 7, 363.—
  • II Poet., transf., for wind in gen.: tendunt vela Noti, Verg. A. 3, 268; cf. id. ib. 1, 575; 5, 512; Tib. 1, 5, 35.

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