Βορρᾶς
Borras

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-09
Primary meaning north wind
Literal translation north wind
Variants
Βορρᾶς Borras
Edited by
north wind type of wind

ἐπεὶ βαθμῷ εʹ, ἀνέμῳ βορρᾷ, δεκανῷ γʹ

‘in step 5, wind Boreas, decan 3’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 ii. 1-2

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 422-423

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) Βορρᾶς (Lemma #2647), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2647,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Βορρᾶς ({Lemma} #2647)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2647/},
}