Eurus
/ˈjʊərəs/noun
In Greek and Roman mythology, Eurus is the personification of the east or southeast wind.
Did you know?Eurus was one of the four directional wind gods, and the winds were treated as divine powers capable of shaping weather, travel, and human fate.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ewsōs
“Dawn or the eastern brightness; a commonly proposed deeper connection for Greek words associated with the sunrise, though Eurus’s exact derivation is debated.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Εὖρος (Eûros)
“The east wind, later personified as a divine wind.”
8th–7th Century BCE
Greek
Εὖρος (Eûros)
“A named directional wind in early Greek poetic tradition, associated with the eastern quarter.”
Classical Greek
Greek
Εὖρος (Eûros)
“The east or southeast wind; Eurus appears among the wind deities known as the Anemoi.”
1st Century BCE–1st Century CE
Latin
Eurus
“The east wind in Roman literary usage, adopted directly from Greek.”
Modern English
English
Eurus
“A mythological name for the east wind, also used in literary, astronomical, and scientific naming.”