Aurora
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin aurora "dawn".
Proper noun [edit]
Aurora
- (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
- A female given name, in quiet but regular use since the 19th century.
- (poetic) the dawn
Quotations [edit]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: I:iv:16:
- As faire Aurora in her purple pall,
- Out of the East the dawning day doth call
- 1904 George Bernard Shaw, How He Lied to Her Husband:
- How will they know! Why, my name is all over them: my silly, unhappy name. Oh, if I had only been christened Mary Jane, or Gladys, Muriel, or Beatrice, or Francesca, or Guinevere, or something quite common. But Aurora! Aurora! I'm the only Aurora in London; and everybody knows it. I believe I'm the only Aurora in the world. And it's so horribly easy to rhyme to it!
Translations [edit]
Roman goddess of dawn
female given name
Finnish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈɑurorɑ]
- Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra
Proper noun [edit]
Aurora
- (Roman mythology) Aurora
- A female given name.
Declension [edit]
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Declension of Aurora (type omena)
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Italian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Aurora f
- A female given name.
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsṓs (“dawn”), which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in Proto-Indo-European religion. Cognates include Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēōs)/ἠώς (ēōs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn; Ushas”) and possibly Old English Ēostre.
Proper noun [edit]
Aurōra (genitive Aurōrae); f, first declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aurōra | Aurōrae |
| genitive | Aurōrae | Aurōrārum |
| dative | Aurōrae | Aurōrīs |
| accusative | Aurōram | Aurōrās |
| ablative | Aurōrā | Aurōrīs |
| vocative | Aurōra | Aurōrae |
Related terms [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Aurora
- (Roman mythology) Aurora
- A female given name.
Spanish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Aurora f
- (Roman mythology) Aurora
- A female given name
Swedish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Aurora
- (Roman mythology) Aurora
- A female given name.
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- English proper nouns
- en:Roman deities
- English female given names from Latin
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Roman deities
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish omena-type nominals
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian female given names
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin proper nouns
- la:Roman deities
- Norwegian proper nouns
- no:Roman deities
- Norwegian female given names
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Roman deities
- Spanish female given names
- Swedish proper nouns
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- Swedish female given names