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.)