north-west

north-west: Phr.: to lie N.W., inter septentriones et occasum solis spectare, cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 1, fin.: on the N.W., ab aestivo occasu, Liv. 38, 20, med. The N.W. wind, Caurus or Corus: Caes. B. G. 5, 7: Sen. N. Q. 5, 16, 5 (a solstitiali occidente Corus venit, i. e. about N.W.): Plin.