(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:30:55

Zeph"y*rus (?), n. [L. See Zephyr.]

The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities.

Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes. Milton.

 

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