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Definition of Etesians
1. etesian [n] - See also: etesian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etesians
Literary usage of Etesians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orations of Demosthenes: Pronounced to Excite the Athenians Against Philip by Demosthenes, Thomas Leland (1900)
"... that he watches the blowing of the etesians,28 and the severity of the winter,
and forms his sieges when it is impossible for us to bring up our forces. ..."
2. The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty: Together with the Observations by William Petty, John Graunt (1899)
"... because at any less interval they would not only prodigiously infect his
Majesty's royal seat but during our nine months etesians (for so we may justly ..."
3. The Life and Work of St. Paul by Frederic William Farrar (1902)
"... and they would have been exposed to the whole force of the etesians, with a
lee shore on which they would inevitably have been dashed to pieces. ..."
4. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"... or with the etesians from the Euxine towards the Hellespont, the navigation
is both direct and easy along the coast of Europe from Byzantium to the ..."
5. A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1851)
"... the etesians from the Euxine towards the Hellespont, the navigation is both
direct and easy along the coast of Europe from Byzantium to the straits of ..."
6. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1893)
"1 The etesians are periodical winds, which blow steadily from one quarter for
forty days each year, during the season of the Dog-days. ..."
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