νότος, ὁ,
south wind (opposed to Βορέας, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 363b15, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.331), εὖτ᾽ ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Ν. κατέχευεν ὀμίχλην 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.10; ὅ τε ν. καὶ ὁ λίψ, ἀνέμων ὑετιώτατοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25 (but ὁ ν. οὐκ ἀρχόμενος ἀλλὰ λήγων ὑέτιος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 942a29); ἐτέγχθη κρᾶτ᾽.. πληγῇσι νότου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1457 (_anapaest meter_); χειμερίῳ νότῳ [prev. author] “Ant.” 335 (Lyric poetry); ὑγρὸς καὶ βαρύς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 597b11; ὑδατωδέστερος [prev. author] “Pr.” 943a5 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅταν μὲν ἐλάττων ᾖ, αἴθριός ἐστιν, ὅταν δὲ μέγας, νεφώδης[[ [prev. work] 942a34; καυματώδης [prev. author] “Mete.” 364b23: in _plural_, [prev. author] “HA” 612b6. ] Refs]
__2 N. personified as god of the South wind, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 380, 870. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II south or south-west quarter, πρὸς μεσαμβρίης τε καὶ νότου [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.8; πρὸς νότον κεῖται τῆς Λήμνου [prev. author] 6.139; τῆς δὲ γῆς τὸ πρὸς ν. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 24.6; τὸ πρὸς ν. τῆς πόλεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.6; βλέπειν πρὸς ν. “IG” 22.1227.18; ὁ τοῖχος ὁ πρὸς ν. [prev. work]12.372.51; πρὸς νότου ἀνέμου [prev. work]56; βασίλισσα νότου NT.Matt.12.42 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ νότου with genitive, to the south of, [[ “PTeb.” 164.17 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.; later ἐκ νότου with genitive, [[ “PStrassb.” 29.8 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+], etc.: genitive νότου to the south, [[ PTeb. 105.13 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]