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Zĕphyrē, ēs, f., an island near Crete, Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.

Zĕphyrītis, ĭdis, f., = Ζεφυρῖτις, the Zephyritide, an appellation of Arsinoë, wife of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus, who was honored as a goddess, Cat. 66, 57 (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148).

zĕphyrĭus, a, um, adj., = ζεφύριος, of or belonging to a zephyr or to the west wind: ova, i. e. wind-eggs, addle-eggs, Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167.

Zĕphyrus, i, m., = Ζέφυρος, a gentle west wind, the western breeze, zephyr (pure Lat. Favonius); personified, son of Astrœus and Aurora.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 337; Hor. C. 3, 1, 24; 4, 7, 9; id. Ep. 1, 7, 13; Verg. G. 1, 44; id. A. 4, 223; Ov. M. 1, 64; 1, 108; cf. Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 5.
  2. II. Poet., in gen., wind, Verg. A. 4, 562.