74' plznt's itattjeal history. [Book n. 



and Libs. Erom the equinoctial setting proceeds PavoniusS 

 and from tlie solstitial setting, Corns" ; these were named 

 Zephyrus and Argestes. From the seven stars comes Sep- 

 temtrio, between which and the solstitial rising we have 

 Aquilo, named Aparctias and Boreas^. By a more minnte 

 subdivision we interpose four others, Thrascias, between 

 Septemtrio and the solstitial setting ; Csecias, between Aquilo 

 and the equinoctial rising ; and Phoenices, bet^veen the brumal 

 rising and the south. And also, at an equal distance from 

 the south and the winter setting, between Libs and Notes, 

 and compounded of the two, is Libonotos. Nor is this all. 

 Per some persons have added a wind, which they have named 

 Meses, between Boreas and Caecias, and one between Eurus 

 and Notes, named Euronotus"*. 



There are also certain winds peculiar to certain coimtries, 

 which do not extend beyond certain districts, as Sciron in 

 Attica, deviating a little from Ai'gestes, and not known in 

 the other parts of Grreece. In other places it is a little 

 higher on the card and is named Olympias ; but all these 



^ " quia favet rebus nascentibus." 



2 "... . semper spirantes fi-igora Cauri." Virgil, GTeor. iii. 356. 



^ The eiglit wiads here mentioned will bear the following relation to 

 our nomenclatiu-e : Septemtrio, N. ; Aqmlo, N.E. ; Subsolanus, E. ; Vul- 

 turnus, S.E. ; Auster, S. ; Africus, N.W. ; Eavonius, W. ; and Corns, 

 N.W. 



* The fom* winds here mentioned, added to eight others, making, in 

 the whole, twelve, will give us the follovring card : — 



N. Septemtrio. S. Notos or Auster. 



N.N.E. Boreas or Aqiiilo. S.S.W. Libonotos. 



E.N.E. CiKcias. W.S.W. Libs or Africus. 



E. Apehotes or Subsolanus. W. Zephyrus or Eavonius. 



E.S.E. Eiu-us or Yulturnus. W.N.W. Argestes or Corns. 



S.S.E. Em-onotus or Phoenices. N.N.W. Thrascias. 



We are informed by Alexandre, Lemaire, i. 330, that there is an an- 

 cient dial plate in the Vatican, consisting of twelve sides, in w^hich the 

 names of the twelve winds are given both in Greek and in Latin. They 

 differ somewhat from those given above, both absolutely and relatively ; 

 they are as follows : — 



'ATTopfcrias, Septemtrio. Noros, Auster. 



Bojoeas, Aquilo. Aij3oVoros, Austroafricus. 



KaiKiaSy Vulturnus. Aiip, Afi'icus. 



' A(pr]\noTr]s, Solanus. Ze(pvpos, Zephyrus. 



Eupos, Eurus. 'idiTv^y Corus. 



Ewpdvoros, Euronotus. QpaaKiaSf Circius. 



