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Strong's #3558 - νότος
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- the south wind
- the south, the southern quarter
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νότος, ὁ,
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1. south wind (opp. Βορέας, Arist. Mete. 363b15, cf. Od. 5.331), εὖτ' ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Ν. κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην Il. 3.10; ὅ τε ν. καὶ ὁ λίψ, ἀνέμων ὑετιώτατοι Hdt. 2.25 (but ὁ ν. οὐκ ἀρχόμενος ἀλλὰ λήγων ὑέτιος Arist. Pr. 942a29); ἐτέγχθη κρᾶτ'.. πληγῇσι νότου S. Ph. 1457 (anap.); χειμερίῳ νότῳ Id. Ant. 335 (lyr.); ὑγρὸς καὶ βαρύς Arist. HA 597b11; ὑδατωδέστερος Id. Pr. 943a5; ὅταν μὲν ἐλάττων ᾖ, αἴθριός ἐστιν, ὅταν δὲ μέγας, νεφώδης ib. 942a34; καυματώδης Id. Mete. 364b23: in pl., Id. HA 612b6.
2. N. personified as god of the South wind, Hes. Th. 380, 870.
II south or south-west quarter, πρὸς μεσαμβρίης τε καὶ νότου Hdt. 2.8; πρὸς νότον κεῖται τῆς Λήμνου Id. 6.139; τῆς δὲ γῆς τὸ πρὸς ν. S. Fr. 24.6; τὸ πρὸς ν. τῆς πόλεως Th. 3.6; βλέπειν πρὸς ν. IG 22.1227.18; ὁ τοῖχος ὁ πρὸς ν. ib.12.372.51; πρὸς νότου ἀνέμου ib.56; βασίλισσα νότου Matthew 12:42; ἀπὸ νότου c. gen., to the south of, PTeb. 164.17 (ii B.C.), etc.; later ἐκ νότου c. gen., PStrassb. 29.8 (iii A.D.), etc.: gen. νότου to the south, PTeb. 105.13 (ii B.C.), etc.
νότος, νότου, ὁ, the south wind;
a. properly: Luke 12:55; Acts 27:13; Acts 28:13.
b. the South (cf. βορρᾶς): Matthew 12:42; Luke 11:31; Luke 13:29; Revelation 21:13. (From Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for נֶגֶב, the southern quarter, the South; and for דָּרוּם, the southern (both) wind and quarter; תֵּימָן, the same; קָדִים, the eastern (both) quarter and wind.)
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νότος , -ου , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5045, also for H1864, H8486 and H6921;]
1. prop., the south wind: Luke 12:55, Acts 27:13; Acts 28:13.
2. South: Luke 13:29, Revelation 21:13.
3. the South, as a region (cf. H5045): Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31.†
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A new literary ex. of this word = ";crowd,"; ";throng,"; which is found in the TR of Revelation 18:17, maybe cited from the recently recovered fragments of the Ἠοῖαι of Hesiod, PSI II. 130.7 πολὺς δ᾽ ἀμφι ̣στα q̔ς ̣ ὅμιλος : cf. Hom. II. xviii. 603, xxiv. 712.
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