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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=aurora aurorae N F :: dawn, daybreak, sunrise; goddess of the dawn; Orient/East, peoples of the East
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>aurōra</b>: ae, f. acc. to [[Curtius]], a reduplicated form for ausosa, from Sanscr. ush, to [[burn]]; cf. [[αὔως]] ηώς, [[dawn]]; [[ἥλιος]], the [[sun]]; and Etrusc. Usil, the [[god]] of the [[sun]]; [[but]] its [[idea]] of [[brightness]], [[splendor]], [[easily]] connects it [[with]] the [[same]] [[group]] as [[aurum]]; v. aes.<br /> The [[dawn]], daybreak, [[morning]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): est [[autem]] [[aurora]] diei clarescentis [[exordium]] et [[primus]] [[splendor]] aëris, quae [[Graece]] ἠώς dicitur, Isid. Orig. 5, 31, 14: [[usque]] ab aurorā ad hoc [[quod]] diei est, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 8: Nec nox ulla diem [[neque]] noctem [[aurora]] secutast, Lucr. 2, 578; 4, 538; 4, 711; 5, 657; Cic. Arat. 65: ad primam auroram, Liv. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Personified, the [[goddess]] of the [[morning]], Gr. Ηώς, [[daughter]] of [[Hyperion]] ([[hence]] Hyperionis, Ov. F. 5, 159), [[wife]] of [[Tithonus]] ([[hence]] Tithonia conjunx, Ov. F. 3, 403, and Tithonia, id. ib. 4, 943), and [[mother]] of [[Memnon]], Verg. A. 4, 585: [[Aurora]] [[novo]] cum spargit lumine terras, Lucr. 2, 144; imitated by Verg. l.l.; 9, 459: Iamque rubescebat stellis [[Aurora]] fugatis, id. ib. 3, 521; 6, 535; 7, 26: Proxima prospiciet Tithono [[Aurora]] relicto, Ov. F. 1, 461; id. M. 13, 576 sq.; she robbed [[Procris]] of her [[husband]], [[Cephalus]], id. ib. 7, 703; [[but]] gave him [[back]], id. ib. 7, 713.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., the East, the Orient: ab Aurorae populis et litore rubro, Verg. A. 8, 686: Eurus ad Auroram Nabataeaque regna recessit, Ov. M. 1, 61: quae (terrae) sunt a Gadibus [[usque]] Auroram et Gangen, Juv. 10, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 606 sq.; so Claud. [[Laus]] Seren. Reg. 116; id. in Eutr. 1, 427; also, the [[people]] of the East, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 154; id. in Rufin. 2, 100; id. B. Gild. 61; id. in Eutr. 2, 527.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>aurōra</b>,¹² æ, f. (= *ausosa, cf. éol. αὐώς, att. ἕως),<br /><b>1</b> l’aurore : Lucr. 2, 578 ; Cic. Arat. 34, 66 ; Liv. 1, 7, 6<br /><b>2</b> le Levant, les contrées orientales : Virg. En. 8, 686 ; Ov. M. 1, 61.
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{{Georges
|georg=aurōra, ae, f. ([[für]] *ausōsa, v. indogerm. aus, [[leuchten]], [[glänzen]], altindisch usāh, Frühlicht, hom. ηώς, äol. αυώς, attisch εως, das [[Morgenrot]], die Morgenröte, I) eig.: A) im allg.: [[nos]] [[usque]] ab [[aurora]] ad [[hoc]] [[quod]] diei est [[numquam]] concessavimus lavari etc., Plaut.: iamque rubescebat stellis [[aurora]] fugatis, Verg.: primā aurorā [[folia]] arborum melle roscida inveniuntur, Plin.: [[Hercules]] ad primam auroram somno [[excitus]], Liv.: ut [[primum]] [[aurora]] lucem vocavit, Ps. Quint. decl.: exoriente aurorā diei, Amm. – B) person., [[Aurora]], die [[Göttin]] der Morgenröte, griech. [[Ἠώς]], [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Hyperion]], [[Gattin]] [[des]] [[Tithonus]], [[Mutter]] [[des]] [[Memnon]], [[lutea]], Verg. Aen. 7, 26: pallida, Verg. georg. 1, 446: purpurea, Ov. [[met]]. 3, 184: roscida, Albin. [[consol]]. ad Liv. 281: [[vigil]], Ov. [[met]]. 2, 112. – II) meton.: A) die Morgengegend, das [[Morgenland]], der [[Orient]], der Osten, Ov. [[met]]. 1, 61. Claud. Eutr. 1, 427 u.a. – B) die Völker [[des]] Orients, Claud. bell. Gild. 61 u.a.
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{{esel
|sltx=[[αὖγος]], [[αὐγή]], [[ἁψίς]]
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