Notus
[noh-tuh s]
- the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
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Origin of Notus
< Latin < Greek Nótos, special use of nótos the south
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These belonged to the Notus, who had been suffering such severe depredations at the hands of the Doboduras.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the PhilippinesH. Wilfrid Walker
Monckton then took a few police and went off to interview the Notus.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the PhilippinesH. Wilfrid Walker
Although the Notus lived on the coast, little was known of them, though they professed friendship to the government.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the PhilippinesH. Wilfrid Walker
The explanation for this we soon learnt from the Notus, and later it was confirmed by our prisoners.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the PhilippinesH. Wilfrid Walker
No doubt the Notus recognised some of their relatives amid the ghastly relics.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the PhilippinesH. Wilfrid Walker
Notus
- classical myth a personification of the south or southwest wind
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