aurora
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
aurora (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 edit
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Further reading edit
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
aurora
- Synonym of auroraperhonen (“orange tip butterfly”)
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Further 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Latin aurōra, from an ā-stem extension of Proto-Italic *auzōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aurora 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 edit
See also edit
- (times of day) parte del giorno; aurora, alba, mattino/mattina, mezzogiorno, pomeriggio, tramonto, crepuscolo, sera, notte, mezzanotte (Category: it:Time) [edit]
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
aurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-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 edit
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Descendants edit
References 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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aurora f
- (literary) aurora
- Synonym: zorza poranna
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- aurora in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: au‧ro‧ra
Noun edit
aurora f (plural auroras)
- dawn; daybreak
- Clipping of aurora boreal.
- (poetic) Orient
Romanian edit
Noun edit
aurora f
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aurora f (plural auroras)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aurora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- en:Atmospheric phenomena
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