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Re: latin for directions

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Subject: Re: latin for directions
From: Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 01:58:01 -0700 (PDT)
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> HI ALL:
> I'm trying to find out what are the Latin words for the following
> directions: Northeast(ern), southeast(ern), and southwest(ern)? I already
> know that Caurinus is northwest(ern).


As David says, these directions are associated with winds and the deities that 
personified them in Roman mythology:

Northeast: Caecius
Southeast: Apeliotus
Southwest: Africus (or more prosaically, Afer ventus - "African wind" - since 
Africa lay to the SW of Italy).



Cheers

Tim

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