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Aquilo

American  
[ak-wuh-loh] / ˈæk wəˌloʊ /

noun

  1. the ancient Roman personification of the north wind.


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"Quod non imber edax: Non Aquilo impotius possit diruere: aut innumerabilis annorum series et fuga temporum: so say I severally of Sir Philip Sidneys Spencers Daniels Draytons Shakespeares and Warners workes."

From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.

Had old AEolus appeared at this moment, he would have been proclaimed king of the moccoli, and Aquilo the heir-presumptive to the throne.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

They were Boreas or Aquilo, the north wind, Zephyrus or Favonius, the west, Notus or Auster, the south, and Eurus, the east.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

Aquilo, the north wind, which scatters the clouds, was chained up; Notus, the south, was sent out, and soon covered all the face of heaven with a cloak of pitchy darkness.

From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas

Every head bowed low before his majesty, the ladies bending like frail, magnificent lilies before King Aquilo.

From Ten Years Later by Dumas père, Alexandre