aurora
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aurōra (“dawn”). Doublet of Eos.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹɔː.ɹə/, /ɔːˈɹɔː.ɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹɔɹ.ə/, /ɔˈɹɔɹ.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
- Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra
Noun
editaurora (plural auroras or aurorae)
- An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
Synonyms
edit- chasma (obsolete, rare)
- polar light
Hyponyms
edit- (Northern Hemisphere): aurora borealis, northern lights
- (Southern Hemisphere): aurora australis, southern lights
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Further reading
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editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaurora
- Synonym of auroraperhonen (“orange tip butterfly”)
Declension
editInflection of aurora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | aurora | aurorat | |
genitive | auroran | aurorien | |
partitive | auroraa | auroria | |
illative | auroraan | auroriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | aurora | aurorat | |
accusative | nom. | aurora | aurorat |
gen. | auroran | ||
genitive | auroran | aurorien aurorain rare | |
partitive | auroraa | auroria | |
inessive | aurorassa | aurorissa | |
elative | aurorasta | aurorista | |
illative | auroraan | auroriin | |
adessive | auroralla | aurorilla | |
ablative | auroralta | aurorilta | |
allative | auroralle | aurorille | |
essive | aurorana | aurorina | |
translative | auroraksi | auroriksi | |
abessive | auroratta | auroritta | |
instructive | — | aurorin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “aurora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaurora f (plural aurore)
- dawn, sunrise
- 1816, Gioachino Rossini, Cesare Sterbini (lyrics and music), “Ecco, ridente in cielo”, in Il barbiere di Siviglia:
- Ecco, ridente in cielo spunta la bella aurora, e tu non sorgi ancora e puoi dormir cosi'?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- aurora
Related terms
editSee also
edit- (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora, alba, mattino/mattina, mezzogiorno, pomeriggio, tramonto, crepuscolo, sera, notte, mezzanotte (Category: it:Time) [edit]
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *auzōs (as Flōra from flōs), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra, from *h₂ews- (“east”). Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs), ἠώς (ēṓs), the Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), English east.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯ˈroː.ra/, [äu̯ˈroːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈro.ra/, [äu̯ˈrɔːrä]
Noun
editaurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | aurōra | aurōrae |
Genitive | aurōrae | aurōrārum |
Dative | aurōrae | aurōrīs |
Accusative | aurōram | aurōrās |
Ablative | aurōrā | aurōrīs |
Vocative | aurōra | aurōrae |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “aurora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aurora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aurora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aurora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aurora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aurora”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin aurōra. Doublet of Eos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaurora f
- (poetic) red sky at morning (term for the brightening sky just before sunrise, when the sky takes on a yellow-orange color on the horizon)
- Synonyms: jutrzenka, jutrznia, zorza poranna
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra
Noun
editaurora f (plural auroras)
- dawn; daybreak
- Clipping of aurora boreal.
- (poetic) Orient
Romanian
editNoun
editaurora f
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaurora f (plural auroras)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “aurora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ews- (dawn)
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- Rhymes:English/ɔːɹə
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- en:Atmospheric phenomena
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑurorɑ
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