§1ΒΟΡΡΑΣ. Οὗτος ἐν μὲν Μαλλῷ Παγρεύς· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ κρημνῶν μεγάλων καὶ ὁρῶν διπλῶν παρʼ ἄλληλα κειμένων, ἃ καλεῖται Παγρικά.
BOREAS. This wind is called Pagreus in Mallus; for it blows from great cliffs and twin mountains lying alongside each other, which are called Pagrika.
Ἐν δὲ Καύνῳ Μέσης.
And in Caunus, Meses.
Ἐν δὲ Ῥόδῳ Καυνίας· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ Καύνου, ἐνοχλῶν τὸν λιμένα αὐτῶν τὸν ἀκανίαν.
And in Rhodes, Caunias; for it blows from Caunus, troubling their harbor, the Acanian.
Ἐν δὲ Ὀλβίᾳ τῆ κατὰ Μύγαλον τῆς Παμφυλίας Γαυρεύς· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ νήσου ἣ καλεῖται Γαυρίς.
And in Olbia near Mygalus in Pamphylia, Gaureus; for it blows from an island called Gauris.
Τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸν βορρᾶν οἴονται εἶναι, ἐν οἶς καὶ Λυρναντεῖς οἱ κατὰ Φασηλίδα.
And some think that it is Boreas, among whom are also the Lyrnantians near Phaselis.
Καικίας.
CAECIAS.
Οὗτος ἐν μὲν Λέσβῳ καλεῖται Θηβάνας· πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ Θήβης πεδίου τοῦ ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἐλαιατικὸν κόλπον τῆς Μυσίας, ἐνοχλεῖ δὲ τὸν Μιτυληναίων λιμένα, μάλιστα δὲ τὸν Μαλόεντα· παρὰ δὲ αἰκαυνίαις, ὃν ἄλλοι βορρᾶν οἴονται εἶναι.
This wind is called Thebanas in Lesbos; for it blows from the plain of Thebe which is above the Elaitic gulf of Mysia, and it troubles the harbor of the Mytileneans, especially Maloeis; and among the Aicaunians, [it is the wind] which others think is Boreas.
Ἁπηλιώτης.
APELIOTES.
Οὗτος ἐν μὲν Τριπόλει τῆς Φνονίκης Ποταμεὺς καλεῖται, πνεῖ δὲ ἐκ πεδίου ὁμοίου ἅλωνι μεγάλη, περιεχομένου ὑπό τε τοῦ Λιβάνου καὶ τοῦ Βἀπύρου ὅρους· παρὸ καὶ Ποταμεὺς καλεῖται.
This wind is called Potameus in Tripoli of Phoenicia, and it blows from a plain similar to a great threshing-floor, enclosed by Lebanon and Mount Bapyrus; wherefore it is also called Potameus.
Ἐνοχλεῖ δὲ τὸ Ποσειδώνειον.
And it troubles the Poseidonion.
§4Ἐν δὲ τῷ Ἰσσικῷ κόλπῳ καὶ περὶ Ῥωσσὸν Συριάνδος· πνεῖ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Συρίων πυλῶν, ἃς διέστηκεν ὅ τε Ταῦρος καὶ Ταυρόσια ὄρη.
And in the Gulf of Issus and around Rhosus, Syriandos; and it blows from the Syrian Gates, which the Taurus and the Taurosia mountains separate.
Ἐν δὲ τῷ Τριπολιτικῷ κόλπῳ Μαρσεύς, ἀπὸ Μάρσου κώμης.
And in the Gulf of Tripoli, Marseus, from the village of Marsus.
Ἐν δὲ Προκοννήσῳ καὶ ἐν Τέῳ καὶ ἐν Κρήτῃ καὶ Εὐβοίᾳ καὶ Κυρήνῃ Ἑλλησποντίας.
And in Proconnesus, Teos, Crete, Euboea, and Cyrene, Hellespontias.
§5Μάλιστα δὲ ἐνοχλεῖ τόν τε τῆς Εὐβοίας Καφηρέα καὶ τὸν Κυρηναῖον λιμένα, καλούμενον δὲ Ἀπολλωνίαν· πνεῖ δὲ ἀφʼ Ἑλλησπόντου.
And it especially troubles Caphereus of Euboea and the Cyrenaean harbor, which is called Apollonia; and it blows from the Hellespont.
Ἐν δὲ Σινώπῃ Βερεκυντίας ἀπὸ τῶν κατὰ Φρυγίαν τόπων πνέων.
And in Sinope, Berecyntias, blowing from the regions near Phrygia.
Ἐν δὲ Σικελίᾳ Καταπορθμίας, πνέων ἀπὸ τοῦ πορθμοῦ.
And in Sicily, Cataporthmias, blowing from the strait.
Τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸν Καικίαν οἴονται εἶναι, Θηβάναν προσαγορεύοντες.
And some think that it is Caecias, calling it Thebanas.
§6Εὖρος.
EURUS.
Οὖτος ἐν μὲν Αἰγαῖς τας κατὰ Συρίαν Σκοπελεὺς καλεῖται ἀπὸ τοῦ Ῥωσίων σκοπέλου, ἐν δὲ Κυρήνη Καρβας ἀπὸ τῶν Καρβανῶν τῶν κατὰ Φοινίκην·
This wind is called Scopeleus in Aegae near Syria, from the cliff of Rhosus; and in Cyrene, Carbas, from the Carbanes near Phoenicia; wherefore some also call the same wind Phoenicias.
διὸ καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν Φοινικίαν καλοῦσί τινες. Εἰσὶ δὲ οἳ καὶ Ἀπηλιώτην νομίζουσιν εἶναι.
And there are those who also think it is Apeliotes.
§7Ὀρθόνοτος.
ORTHONOTOS.
Τοῦτον οἱ μὲν Εὖρον, οἱ δὲ Ἀμνέα προσαγορεύουσιν.
Some call this wind Eurus, others Amneas.
Νότος δὲ ὁμοίως παρὰ πᾶσι καλεῖται· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα διὰ τὸ νοσώδη εἶναι· ἔξω δὲ κάτομβρον, κατʼ ἀμφότερα δὲ νότον.
And Notus is called likewise by all; and its name is due to its being pestilential; and outside it is rain-bringing, and on both accounts it is Notus.
Λευκόνοτος ὁμοίως· τὸ δὲ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβαίνοντος· λευκαίνεται γὰρ. . . .
Leuconotus likewise; and its name is from what happens; for [the sky] is made white...
§8Δίψ, Καὶ οὗτος τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ Λιβύης, ὅθεν πνεῖ.
LIPS. This wind also has its name from Libya, whence it blows.
Ζέφυρος.
ZEPHYRUS.
Καὶ οὗτος τόδε τὸ ὄνομα διὰ τὸ ἀφʼ ἑσπέρας πνεῖν. Ἡ δὲ ἑσπέρα. . .
This wind also has this name because it blows from the evening; and the evening...
Ἰάπυξ.
IAPYX.
Οὗτος ἐν Τάραντι Σκυλητῖνος ἀπὸ χωρίου Σκυλαντίμου.
This wind is called Scyletinus in Tarentum, from the place Scylantimum.
Κατὰ δὲ οραλεοντο Φρυγίας.
And near... of Phrygia...
Ὑπὸ δέ τινων Φαραγγίτης· πνεῖ γὰρ ἔκ τινος φάραγγος τῶν κατὰ τὸ Πηγαῖον.
And by some it is called Pharangites; for it blows from a certain ravine of those near Pegaeon.
§9Παρὰ πολλοῖς δὲ Ἀργέστης.
And among many it is called Argestes.
Θρᾳκίας κατὰ μὲν Θρᾴκην Στρυμονίας (πνεῖ γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ Στρυμόνος ποταμοῦ), κατὰ δὲ τὴν Μεγαρικὴν Σκίρρων ἀπὸ τῶν Σκιρρωνίδων πετρῶν, ἐν δὲ Ἰταλίᾳ καὶ Σικελίᾳ Κίρκας διὰ τὸ πνεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κιρκαίου.
THRACIAS. In Thrace, Strymonias (for it blows from the river Strymon); and in the Megarid, Sciron, from the Scironian rocks; and in Italy and Sicily, Circas, because of its blowing from Circaeum.
§10Ἐν δὲ Εὐβοίᾳ καὶ Λέσβῳ Ὀλυμπίας, τὸ δὲ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ Πιερικοῦ Ὀλύμπου· ὀχλεῖ δὲ Πυρραίους.
And in Euboea and Lesbos, Olympias; and its name is from the Pierian Olympus; and it troubles the Pyrrhaeans.
Ὑπογέγραφα δέ σοι καὶ τὰς θέσεις αὐτῶν, ὡς κεῖνται καὶ πνέουσιν, ὑπογράψας τὸν τῆς γῆς κύκλον, ἵνα καὶ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σοι τεθῶσιν.
And I have sketched for you their positions, how they lie and blow, having sketched the circle of the earth, so that they may be placed before your eyes.