Noun: zephyrus
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension: Second
Nominative
| Singular | zephyrus |
| Plural | zephyrī |
Genitive
| Singular | zephyrī |
| Plural | zephyrōrum |
Dative
| Singular | zephyrō |
| Plural | zephyrīs |
Accusative
| Singular | zephyrum |
| Plural | zephyrōs |
Ablative
| Singular | zephyrō |
| Plural | zephyrīs |
Vocative
| Singular | zephyre |
| Plural | zephyrī |
Sample Sentences
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Sī qua fidēs ventīs, Zephyrō date carbasa, nautae.
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crās veniet vestrīs ille secundus aquīs.
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If there is any trust in the winds, sailors, spread your sails to Zephyrus. Tomorrow he will come, favorable upon your waters.
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(Note the echoing sonority of “ventīs,” “veniet” and “vestrīs.”) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.715–716]
Nouns inflected like zephyrus
priāpismus,
scāpus,
servus,
cuneolus,
sargus,
saccus,
scarus,
scinus,
scopus,
illēgitimus,
sorbus,
sophus,
somnus,
Hispānus,
soccus,
sirpus,
siclus,
icterus,
cunīculus,
xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus, the west wind”).
Verbs referencing "zephyrus"
Italian Nouns
zefiro, Romanian Nouns
zefir, French Nouns
zéphyr, Portuguese Nouns
zéfiro, English Nouns
Zephyrette, Galician Nouns
cebrisca, German Nouns
Zephir.
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