Horae
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “hours; seasons”).
Proper noun[edit]
Horae (singular Hora)
- (Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.
Hyponyms[edit]
- Thallo (Spring), Auxo (Summer), Carpo (Autumn), Dike (Justice), Eirene (Peace), Eunomia (Order of Law)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (Seasonal deities): Chione (Winter), Persephone/Proserpina
Translations[edit]
Greek goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time