Etesian

The 'old friend 'to which he referred and which Van Gelder clearly had in mind, was the Meltemi wind, referred to as the' Etesian 'in the British sailing directions.

Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

And on this account it is that Etesian winds from Zeus cool the land for forty days, and in

The Argonautica 2008

And at dawn the Etesian winds blew strongly, which by the command of Zeus blow over every land equally.

The Argonautica 2008

So on, before “a fair Etesian gale,” which follows clear and bright out of the south-southwest, glide forward the two great fleets, past Brighton Cliffs and Beachy Head, Hastings and

Westward Ho! 2007

The spring was cold, northerly, rainy, and clouded; the summer was not very sultry, the Etesian winds blew constant, but quickly afterwards, about the rising of Arcturus, there were again many rains with north winds.

Of The Epidemics 2007

Is it from those Etesian winds, or melting of snow in the mountains under the equator (for Jordan yearly overflows when the snow melts in Mount Libanus), or from those great dropping perpetual showers which are so frequent to the inhabitants within the tropics, when the sun is vertical, and cause such vast inundations in Senegal,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

After the Dog-days, until the season of Arcturus, the summer hot, great droughts, not in intervals, but continued and severe: no rain; the Etesian winds blew; about the season of Arcturus southerly rains until the equinox.

Of The Epidemics 2007

The only wind that would have opposed their northerly heading, the Etesian, did not blow at this time of year.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

The Etesian winds blew small and irregular; again, about the season of Arcturus, much rains with north winds.

Of The Epidemics 2007

Summer, for the most part, cloudy, no rain, the Etesian winds, rare and small, blew in an irregular manner.

Of The Epidemics 2007