different between boreas vs northerly

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s)

Noun

boreas (plural boreases)

1. (obsolete, poetic) The north wind.

Synonyms

• northerly

Antonyms

• auster
• southerly

Translations

References

• boreas in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• sea orb

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (Boré?s)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bo.re.a?s/, [?b??eä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bo.re.as/, [?b?????s]

Noun

bore?s m (genitive boreae); first declension

1. north wind
2. north (compass direction)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -?s).

Synonyms

• (north wind): septentri?

Antonyms

• (north wind): auster, mer?di?s

Derived terms

• bore?lis

Descendants

References

• boreas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• boreas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• boreas in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• boreas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• boreas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

English

Etymology

northern +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?li/

Noun

northerly (plural northerlies)

1. A wind blowing from the north.

Synonyms

• boreas, northwind

Antonyms

• auster
• southerly

Translations

Adjective

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

1. Facing the north; directed towards the north.
2. Located in a northern region
3. Coming from the north.

Synonyms

• northly

Derived terms

• northerliness

Translations

Adverb

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

1. In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.
2. From the north.

Synonyms

• northly