STRONGS G2148:
εὐροκλύδων,
-ωνος,
ὁ, (from
εὖρος the S. E. wind, and
κλύδων a wave),
a S. E. wind raising mighty waves: Acts 27:14 Rec. But respectable authorities read
εὐρικλύδων, preferred by Griesbach and others, from
εὐρύς broad, and
κλύδων,
a wind causing broad waves (German
der Breitspülende, the
Wide-washer); Etym. Magn. p. 772, 30 under the word
τυφών· "
τυφὼν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ ἀνέμου σφοδρὰ πνοή,
ὃς καὶ εὑρυκλύδων καλεῖται." Others
εὐρακύλων, which see.
Variant form:
εὐρακύλων,
-ωνος,
ὁ, (from
εὖρος and Latin
aquilo, like
ἐυρόνοτος, and euroauster [Buttmann, 16 (15)]),
Vulg. euroaquilo; the
Euraquilo, a
N. E. wind:
Acts 27:14 L T Tr WH, for
Rec. εὐροκλύδων (Griesbach,
ἐυρυκλ.) which see. (Not found elsewhere.) [
B. D., see under the word, Euroclydon.]
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