[377] 9 A.M.
[378] In the last chapter Ornithias is said to be a west wind.
[379] This obviously depends upon the geographical situation of the northern parts of Africa, to which the observation more particularly applies, with respect to the central part of the Continent and the Mediterranean. See the remarks of Alexandre, in Lemaire, i. 340.
[380] The influence of the fourth day of the moon is referred to by Virgil, Geor. i. 432 et seq. “Sin ortu quarto,” &c.
[381] This refers to the genders of the names of the winds, analogous to the remark in note [346], p. 71.
[382] Eudoxus was a native of Cnidus, distinguished for his knowledge in astrology and science generally; he was a pupil of Plato, and is referred to by many of the ancients; see Hardouin’s Index Auctorum, in Lemaire, i. 187, and Enfield’s Hist. of Phil. i. 412, with the very copious list of references.
[383] “flatus repentini.”
[384] Cicero refers to an opinion very similar to this as maintained by the Stoics; De Div. ii. 44.
[385] “procella.”
[386] “ἐκ νέφους, ex nube, erumpente spiritu.” Hardouin, in Lemaire, i. 343. Perhaps it most nearly corresponds to the term “hurricane.”