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Euroclydon
[ yoo-rok-li-don, yuh- ]
Euroclydon
/ jʊˈrɒklɪˌdɒn /
noun
- a stormy wind from the north or northeast that occurs in the Levant, which caused the ship in which St Paul was travelling to be wrecked (Acts 27:14)
- any stormy wind
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Euroclydon1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Euroclydon1
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Example Sentences
The men bore up well against their Euroclydon, and emulated the conduct of the ship.
It was the Euroclydon that swept the trees from Malta, and nineteen hundred years have not repaired the ravage of that storm.
"And there met us 'a tempestuous wind called Euroclydon,'" said Birkenshead, looking up with a curious smile.
The treatise on the Euroclydon was designed to vindicate the common reading of Acts, xxvii.
Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.
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