Aurora

See also aurora

English

Apollo and Aurora by Gérard de Lairesse

Etymology

From Latin aurora "dawn".

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
2. A female given name, in quiet but regular use since the 19th century.
3. (poetic) the dawn

Quotations

• 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

Roman goddess of dawn

• Bulgarian: Аврора (bg) (Avróra) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧羅拉 (cmn), 奥罗拉 (cmn) (Àoluólā), 歐若拉 (cmn), 欧若拉 (cmn) (Ōuruòlā)

• Dutch: Aurora (nl)
• Finnish: Aurora (fi)
• Japanese: アウローラ (ja) (Aurōra), アウロラ (ja) (Aurora)

• Korean: 아우로라 (ko) (Aurora), 오로라 (ko) (Orora)
• Latin: Aurora (la)
• Norwegian: Aurora (no)
• Russian: Аврора (ru) (Avróra) f
• Spanish: Aurora (es)
• Swedish: Aurora (sv)

female given name

• Finnish: Aurora (fi)
• French: Aurore (fr)
• Italian: Aurora (it)
• Norwegian: Aurora (no)

• Russian: Аврора (ru) (Avróra) f
• Spanish: Aurora (es)
• Swedish: Aurora (sv)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɑurorɑ]
• Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Aurora (type omena) singular plural nominative Aurora Aurorat genitive Auroran Aurorien Auroroiden Auroroitten Aurorojen1 Aurorain1 partitive Auroraa Auroria Auroroita Auroroja1 accusative Aurora Auroran Aurorat inessive Aurorassa Auroroissa Aurorissa elative Aurorasta Auroroista Aurorista illative Auroraan Auroriin Auroroihin adessive Auroralla Auroroilla Aurorilla ablative Auroralta Auroroilta Aurorilta allative Auroralle Auroroille Aurorilla essive Aurorana Auroroina Aurorina translative Auroraksi Auroroiksi Auroriksi instructive – Auroroin Aurorin abessive Auroratta Auroroitta Auroritta comitative – Auroroineen Aurorineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. A female given name.

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Latin

Etymology

Wikipedia

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

Aurōra (genitive Aurōrae); f, first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora, the goddess of the dawn/morning.
2. The East.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Aurōra	Aurōrae
genitive	Aurōrae	Aurōrārum
dative	Aurōrae	Aurōrīs
accusative	Aurōram	Aurōrās
ablative	Aurōrā	Aurōrīs
vocative	Aurōra	Aurōrae

Related terms

• aurōra

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Aurora f

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name

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Swedish

Proper noun

Aurora

1. (Roman mythology) Aurora
2. A female given name.