Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 113010 6913309 2009-07-01T10:14:58Z SemperBlotto 3336 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/82.198.250.12|82.198.250.12]] ([[User_talk:82.198.250.12|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:AutoFormat|AutoFormat]] {{also|aurora}} ==English== [[Image:1671 Gérard de Lairesse - Apollo and Aurora.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Apollo]] and Aurora by [[w:Gérard de Lairesse|Gérard de Lairesse]]]] ===Etymology=== {{etyl|la}} {{term|aurora|lang=la}} "dawn". ===Proper noun=== {{en-proper noun}} # {{Roman mythology}} [[Roman]] [[goddess]] of the [[dawn]]. # {{given name|female|from=Latin}}, in quiet but regular use since the 19th century. ====Quotations==== * {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene}}: I:iv:16: *: As faire '''Aurora''' in her purple pall, *: Out of the East the dawning day doth call * '''1904''' [[w:George Bernard Shaw|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==== {{trans-top|Roman goddess of dawn}} * Latin: {{t+|la|Aurora}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|Aurora}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|female given name}} * French: {{t+|fr|Aurore}} * Italian: {{t+|it|Aurora}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|Aurora}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==Italian== ===Proper noun=== {{infl|it|proper noun|g=f}} # {{given name|female|lang=it}}. ---- ==Latin== ===Etymology=== {{wikipedia|Hausos}} From {{proto|Indo-European|h₂ewsṓs|lang=la|dawn}}, which was also personified as a goddess of dawn in PIE religion. Cognates include Ancient Greek {{term|sc=polytonic|Ἠώς|tr=Ēōs|lang=grc}}/{{term|sc=polytonic|ἠώς|tr=hēōs|lang=grc}}, Sanskrit {{term|sc=Deva|उषस्|tr=uṣás||dawn; [[Ushas]]|lang=sa}} and possibly Old English {{term|Eostre|Ēostre|lang=ang}}. ===Proper noun=== {{la-proper noun|Aurōra|Aurorae|Aurōrae|f|first}} # {{Roman mythology|lang=la}} [[#English|Aurora]], the [[goddess]] of the dawn/morning. ====Related terms==== * [[aurora#Latin|aurōra]] ---- ==Spanish== ===Proper noun=== {{es-proper noun|f}} # {{Roman mythology|lang=es}} [[#English|Aurora]] # {{given name|female|lang=es}} [[de:Aurora]] [[es:Aurora]] [[fr:Aurora]] [[is:Aurora]] [[it:Aurora]] [[ku:Aurora]] [[la:Aurora]] [[pt:Aurora]] [[ru:Aurora]] [[sr:Aurora]] [[fi:Aurora]]