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noun · femininefirst declension

aurōra1

aurōra f (genitive aurōrae)
Classical[au̯ˈroː.ra]Ecclesiastical[au̯ˈrɔː.ra]

Meaning

  1. dawn, sunrise

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaurōraaurōrae
genitiveaurōraeaurōrārum
dativeaurōraeaurōrīs
accusativeaurōramaurōrās
ablativeaurōrāaurōrīs
vocativeaurōraaurōrae

aurōra, ae, f. acc. to Curtius, a reduplicated form for ausosa, from Sanscr. ush, to burn; cf. αὔως = ἠώς, dawn; ἥλιος, the sun; and Etrusc. Usil, the god of the sun; but its idea of brightness, splendor, easily connects it with the same group as aurum; v. aes.
I. A.. The dawn, daybreak, morning (mostly poet.): est autem aurora diei clarescentis exordium et primus splendor aëris, quae Graece ἠώς dicitur, Isid. Orig. 5, 31, 14: usque ab aurorā ad hoc quod diei est, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 8: Nec nox ulla diem neque noctem aurora secutast, Lucr. 2, 578; 4, 538; 4, 711; 5, 657; Cic. Arat. 65: ad primam auroram, Liv. 1, 7, 6; Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 30.—
B. Personified, the goddess of the morning, Gr. ̓Ηώς, daughter of Hyperion (hence Hyperionis, Ov. F. 5, 159), wife of Tithonus (hence Tithonia conjunx, Ov. F. 3, 403, and Tithonia, id. ib. 4, 943), and mother of Memnon, Verg. A. 4, 585: Aurora novo cum spargit lumine terras, Lucr. 2, 144; imitated by Verg. l.l.; 9, 459: Iamque rubescebat stellis Aurora fugatis, id. ib. 3, 521; 6, 535; 7, 26: Proxima prospiciet Tithono Aurora relicto, Ov. F. 1, 461; id. M. 13, 576 sq.; she robbed Procris of her husband, Cephalus, id. ib. 7, 703; but gave him back, id. ib. 7, 713.—
II. Meton., the East, the Orient: ab Aurorae populis et litore rubro, Verg. A. 8, 686: Eurus ad Auroram Nabataeaque regna recessit, Ov. M. 1, 61: quae (terrae) sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen, Juv. 10, 2; cf. Verg. A. 7, 606 sq.; so Claud. Laus Seren. Reg. 116; id. in Eutr. 1, 427; also, the people of the East, id. Laud. Stil. 1, 154; id. in Rufin. 2, 100; id. B. Gild. 61; id. in Eutr. 2, 527.

Origins

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.

Elsewhere
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proper noun · femininefirst declension
Aurōra2
Aurōra f (genitive Aurōrae)
Classical[au̯ˈroː.ra]Ecclesiastical[au̯ˈrɔː.ra]

Meaning

  1. person(Roman mythology) Aurora, the goddess of the dawn/morning
    Ōceanum intereā surgēns Aurōra relīquit.Meanwhile Aurora, rising, departs from Oceanus. (Line 4.129 is repeated at Aeneid 11.1; cf. “Aurora” in Book 4 at 7, 568, and 585. Imitated by Chaucer in The Legend of Good Women: “The dawening up-rist out of the see, ….”)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.129
    Nox abiit, oriturque Aurōra.Night has gone, and Aurora is appearing. (See Aurora (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.721
  2. dawn, daybreak, morning
  3. The East.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAurōraAurōrae
genitiveAurōraeAurōrārum
dativeAurōraeAurōrīs
accusativeAurōramAurōrās
ablativeAurōrāAurōrīs
vocativeAurōraAurōrae

Origins

See aurōra.

Quick answers

What does aurōra mean in Latin?
aurōra, a noun, means “dawn, sunrise”.
What is the genitive of aurōra?
The genitive singular is aurōrae. aurōra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce aurōra?
In classical Latin, [au̯ˈroː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [au̯ˈrɔː.ra].