βόρειος
α, ον, ος, ον, η, ον, τά
A.
from the quarter of the north wind, northern, opp νότιος, θάλασσα Hdt. 4.37, 6.31; β. ἀκτά exposed to the north, S.l.c.; τὸ β. τεῖχος Ar. Fr. 556, And. 3.5, Pl. R. 439e; τῆς Πλειάδος βορείου γενομένης having appeared in the north, Arist. H A 542b11.
2.
of the north wind, β. χειμών a winter during which northerly winds prevail, Hp. Aph. 3.11, Arist. Pr. 859b21; ἔαρ ib.860a13; βόρεια,τά, northerly winds, ib.944a1, etc. (rarely in sg., Ar. V. 265; ὅταν ᾖ βόρειον X. Cyn. 8.1); βορείοις in the time of northerly winds, Arist. H A 574a1, al.; βορείων ὄντων ib.592a14: Comp. ‐ότερος Arat. 247, Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 446.34: Sup. ‐ότατος Man. 4.241.
II.
βόρειον, = ἐλλεβορίνη, Ps.-Dsc. 4.108; βόρειος, = ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα, ib.88.