tȳphon, ōnis, m., = τυφών. 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, tȳphōnicus, a, um, adj.: ventus, a typhoon, Vulg. Act. 27, 14.

— A name given by the king of Egypt to a comet or meteor, Plin. 2, 25, 24, § 91.