Classical compass winds
Comparative table of classical winds
The following table summarizes the chronological evolution of the names of the winds in classical antiquity. Changes in name or position from the prior listing are highlighted in bold.

Classical compass winds

Section Title: Comparative table of classical winds
Table Section Text: The following table summarizes the chronological evolution of the names of the winds in classical antiquity. Changes in name or position from the prior listing are highlighted in bold.

Greek	N	NNE	NE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	W	NW	NNW

Cardinal Points	Arctos (Ἄρκτος)	Anatole (Ἀνατολή)	Mesembria (Μεσημβρία)	Dysis (Δύσις)

Homer (4-wind version)	Boreas (Βορέας)	Eurus (Εὖρος)	Notos (Νότος)	Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος)

Homer (6-wind version)	Boreas	Eurus	Apeliotes	Notos	Agrestes	Zephyrus

Aristotle	Aparctias or Boreas	Meses	Caecias	Apeliotes	Eurus or Euronoti	No wind (locally, Phoenicias)	Notos	No wind	Lips	Zephyrus	Argestes, (local Olympias or Sciron)	Thrascias

Aristotle (in Greek)	Ἀπαρκτίας, Βορέας	Μέσης	Καικίας	Ἀπηλιώτης	Εὖρος, Εὐρόνοτοι	(Φοινικίας)	Νότος	Λίψ	Ζέφυρος	Ἀργέστης, (Ὀλυμπίας, Σκίρων)	Θρασκίας

Theophrastus	Aparctias or Boreas	Meses	Caecias	Apeliotes	Eurus	(Phoenicias)	Notos	Lips	Zephyrus	Argestes	Thrakias

Ventorum Situs	Boreas	Meses	Caecias	Apeliotes	Eurus	Orthonotos	Notos	Leuconotos	Lips	Zephyrus	Iapyx or Argestes	Thrakias

Timosthenes	Aparctias	Boreas	Caecias	Apeliotes	Eurus	Euronotos	Notos	Leuconotos or Libonotos	Lips	Zephyrus	Argestes	Thrascias or Circius

De Mundo	Aparctias	Boreas	Caecias	Apeliotes	Eurus	Euronotos	Notos	Libonotos or Libophoenix	Lips	Zephyrus	Argestes or Iapyx, or Olympias	Thrascias or Circius

Tower of the Winds	Boreas	Caecias	Apeliotes	Eurus	Notos	Lips	Zephyrus	Sciron

Roman	N	NNE	NE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	W	NW	NNW

Seneca	Septentrio	Aquilo	Caecias	Subsolanus	Vulturnus or Eurus	Euronotus	Auster or Notus	Libonotus	Africus	Favonius or Zephyrus	Corus or Argestes	Thrascias

Pliny	Septentrio	Aquilo or Boreas or Aparctias (Meses at NW by N)	Caecias	Subsolanus	Vulturnus	Phoenicias	Auster	Libonotus	Africus	Favonius	Corus	Thrascias

Aulus Gellius	Septentrio Aparctias	Aquilo Boreas	Eurus Apeliotes Subsolanus	Vulturnus Euronotus	Auster Notus	Africus Lips	Favonius Zephyrus	Caurus Argestes

Vatican Table	Septentrio Aparkias (Ἀπαρκίας)	Aquilo Boreas (Βορέας)	Vulturnus Caecias (Καικίας)	Solanus Apheliotes (Ἀφηλιώτης)	Eurus Eurus (Εὖρος)	Euroauster Euronotos (Εὐρόνοτος)	Auster Notos (Νότος)	Austroafricus Libonotos (Λιβόνοτος)	Africus Lips (Λίψ)	Favonius Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος)	Chorus Iapyx (Ἰᾶπυξ)	Circius Thrakias (Θρακίας)

Isidore of Seville	Septentrio	Aquilo	Vulturnus	Subsolanus	Eurus	Euroauster	Auster	Austroafricus	Africus	Favonius	Corus	Circius

Medieval	N	NNE	NE	E	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	W	NW	NNW

Charlemagne	Nordroni	Nordostroni	Ostnordroni	Ostroni	Ostsundroni	Sundostroni	Sundroni	Sundvuestroni	Vuestsundroni	Vuestroni	Vuestnordroni	Nordvuestroni

Hunayn ibn Ishaq	šimāl	mis'	nis'	şaban	azyab	nu'āmā	janūb	hayf	hur jūj	dabūr	mahwa	jirbiyā'

Diogo Homem	Tramontana	Greco-Tramontana	Greco	Levante	Scirocco	Ostro-Scirocco	Ostro	Ostro-Libeccio	Libeccio	Ponente	Maestro	Maestro-Tramontana

Sentence(s)

Pliny mentions Phoenicias (for SSE), Libonotus (SSW), and Thrascias (NNW).

final_sentence: Pliny mentions Phoenicias (for SSE), Libonotus (SSW), and Thrascias (NNW).