〈SI〉 iltānu ‘north’
〈septentrionalis〉 ‘northern’
〈Βορρᾶς〉 Borras ‘north wind’
aquilo
Latin noun
Last edited: 2024-02-13| Primary meaning | north wind |
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| Literal translation | north wind |
| Variants | aquilo |
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north wind type of wind
[...] quae sit aquiloni pars terrae [...] subiecta
‘which part of the earth is subject to the north wind’
north cardinal direction
north-north-east wind type of wind
A septemtrionali latere summus ere summus est aquilo, medius septemtrio, imus θρασκίας; huic deest apud nos vocabulum.
‘In the northern section the highest is Aquilo [N.N.E.], the middle Septemtrio [N.], the lowest is Thrascias [N.N.W.], for which there is lacking a word in our language.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquilo (Lemma #856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/856/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquilo (Lemma #856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/856/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquilo (Lemma #856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/856/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) aquilo (Lemma #856), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/856/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac856,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {aquilo ({Lemma} #856)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/856/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/856/},
}