aurora

Etymology

From Latin aurora (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹɔː.ɹə/, /ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora (plural auroras or aurorae)

1. An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

Anagrams

• aroura

Etymology

From Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯ˈrɔ.ra/, [äu̯ˈr̺ɔːr̺ä]
• Stress: auròra
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural aurore)

1. dawn, sunrise
2. aurora

See also

• (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora,‎ alba,‎ mattino/‎mattina,‎ mezzogiorno,‎ pomeriggio,‎ tramonto,‎ crepuscolo,‎ sera,‎ notte,‎ mezzanotte ^{(Category: it:Time) [edit]}

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *auzōs (as Flōra from flōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra, from *h₂ews- (“east”).

Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs), ἠώς (ēṓs), the Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the Old English Ēostre (modern Easter), English east.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/

Noun

aurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension

1. dawn, sunrise

References

• aurora in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aurora in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aurora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aurora in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aurora in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology

From Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈɾɔ.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. dawn; daybreak
2. Clipping of aurora boreal.

Noun

aurora f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of auroră.

Noun

aurora f (plural auroras)

1. aurora