Zephyrus

[ zef-er-uh s ]

/ ˈzɛf ər əs /

noun Classical Mythology.

the west wind personified.

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Also Zeph·y·ros

[zef-uh-ros] /ˈzɛf əˌrɒs/.

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Hy-a-cin´thus.Youth loved by Apollo and Zephyrus;changed to a flower, 67.
Myths of Greece and Rome|H. A. Guerber
Boreas and Zephyrus often bear rule on the same day, one reigning with mildness in the morning, the other despotically at evening.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.|Various
She married Zephyrus, and received from him the privilege of presiding over flowers, and enjoying perpetual youth.
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Celeno (Cel′eno) was one of the Harpies, progenitor of Zephyrus, the west wind.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described|Edward S. Ellis

All the winds were noisy and fond of strife except Zephyrus, the youngest.
'Round the Year in Myth and Song|Florence Holbrook

British Dictionary definitions for zephyrus

Zephyrus

/ (ˈzɛfərəs) /

noun

Greek myth the god of the west wind

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