Euroclydon: South-east billow, the name of the wind which blew in the Adriatic
Gulf, and which struck the ship in which Paul was wrecked on the
coast of Malta
(Acts 27:14) R.V., "Euraquilo," i.e., north-east wind. It
is called a "tempestuous wind," i.e., as literally rendered, a
"typhonic wind," or a typhoon. It is the modern Gregalia or Levanter.
(Comp.)
(Jonah 1:4)
