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Classical compass winds — The Tower of the Winds in Athens Classical compass winds refers to the naming and association of winds in Mediterranean classical antiquity (Ancient Greece and Rome) with the points of geographic direction and orientation. Ancient wind roses… … Wikipedia
ORNITHIA — lusus apud Athenienses, in quo everberabantur pueri. Plut. in Lycurgo, Πολλοὺς ἐφήβους ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ τῆς ὀρνιθείας ἑωράκαμεν ἀποθνήσκο τας ταῖς πληγαῖς, Multos ephebos, inara Ornithiae (seu augurii) caesos verberibus mori vidimus. Sic idem in… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
VENTUS — a veniendo; insigne Meteorum est, e quo Auguria quoque Veteribus captari consuevisle, testatur Luctatius Grammaticus ad l. 3. Thebaid. v. 665. ubi Statius, Ventisque aut alite visâ Bellorum proferre diem. Solent enim, inquit, Augures Ventorum… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
