noun
tȳphon
Meaning
- A violent whirlwind
tȳphon, ōnis, m., = τυφών.
I. A violent whirlwind, a typhoon, Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131;
App de Mundo, p. 64, 5.—The same accompanied by lightning, Val. Fl. 3, 130. Hence, tȳphōnĭcus, a, um, adj.: ventus, a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.—II. A name given by the king of Egypt to a comet or meteor, Plin. 2, 25, 24, § 91.
Tȳphōn (scanned Tўphōn, Mart Cap. 2, 43), ōnis,
I. another name for the giart Typhōeus, Luc. 4, 595; 6, 92; Ov. F 2, 461; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 22; Hyg. Fab. 152. Hence,
1. Tȳphōnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Typhon, Typhonian: specus, the Typhon's cave in Cilicia, Mel. 1, 13, 4.—