Aquilon

aquilon English Etymology Borrowed from en la aquilo, aquilonis. Proper noun The Roman god of the North Wind, equivalent to the Greek god Boreas. The north wind personified. 1 ii 46 Auster and Aquilon with winged SteedsAll ſweating, tilt about the watery heauens,With ſhiuering ſpeares enforcing thunderclaps,And from their ſhields ſtrike flames of lightening IV v 616 Thou, trumpet, there’s my purſe; / Now cracke thy lungs, and ſplit thy braſen pipe: / Blow, villaine, till thy ſphered Bias cheeke / Out-ſwell the collicke of puft Aquilon: / Come, ſtretch thy cheſt, and let thy eyes ſpout bloud: / Thou bloweſt for Hector. See also en Venti Middle English Noun enm noun The north wind personified 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer (translator), Boece, Book 2, in The Workes of Geffray Chaucer, London: William Bonham, 1542, enm Ofte the see is cleare and calme with mouynge floudes, and ofte the horryble wynde Aquilon moueth boylynge tempestes, and ouerwhelueth the see.