"aurora" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [au̯ˈroː.ra] [Classical-Latin], [au̯ˈrɔː.ra] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From an a-extension of Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”) (as Flōra from flōs, from *h₂ews- (“east”). In the Proto-Indo-European religion it was personified as the goddess of the dawn, corresponding to the Roman goddess Aurōra. De Vaan suggests that the term passed through a Proto-Italic intermediary *auzōs. However, the EIEC suggests a Proto-Indo-European form *h₂éwsōseh₂, implying that—according the EIEC—the a-extension could have already occurred before the Proto-Italic period. Cognates include the Latin auster, Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), and the English east. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂ews-|id=dawn}}, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂éwsōs|t=dawn}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”), {{lg|cognate|Cognates}} Cognates, {{cog|la|auster}} Latin auster, {{cog|grc|ἠώς}} Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), {{cog|sa|उषस्||dawn”, “Ushas|tr=uṣás}} Sanskrit उषस् (uṣás, “dawn”, “Ushas”), {{cog|en|east}} English east Head templates: {{la-noun|aurōra<1>}} aurōra f (genitive aurōrae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|aurōra<1>}} Forms: aurōra [canonical, feminine], aurōrae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], aurōra [nominative, singular], aurōrae [nominative, plural], aurōrae [genitive, singular], aurōrārum [genitive, plural], aurōrae [dative, singular], aurōrīs [dative, plural], aurōram [accusative, singular], aurōrās [accusative, plural], aurōrā [ablative, singular], aurōrīs [ablative, plural], aurōra [singular, vocative], aurōrae [plural, vocative]
  1. dawn, sunrise Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: lūx Derived forms: aurōreus Related terms: Aurōra
    Sense id: en-aurora-la-noun-BfK5XEbD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Times of day, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 2 2 0 11 4 1 19 0 1 23 17 1 1 4 11 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 0 16 5 1 18 0 1 22 16 1 1 4 10 0 1
     
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