favonian

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The Word of the Day for November 29 is:=20

favonian   \fuh-VOH-nee-un\   adjective
          : of or relating to the west wind : mild=20

Example sentence:
          A favonian wind blew across the plains, a welcome sign of spri=
ng=E2=80=99s imminent arrival.

Did you know?
     In "Ode to the West Wind," poet Percy Bysshe Shelley called the "wi=
ld West Wind" the "breath of Autumn's being." But according to Greco-Rom=
an tradition, the west wind was warm and usually gentle. Its Latin name,=
 "Favonius," is the basis for the English adjective "favonian" and deriv=
es from roots that are akin to the Latin "fovere," meaning "to warm." "Z=
ephyros," a Greek name for the west wind, is the ultimate source of "zep=
hyr," meaning "a gentle breeze." In Greco-Roman tradition, it was the no=
rth wind, Boreas (aka Aquilo), who was the rude and blustery type.





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