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adj
Relating to the dawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable, poetic
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Synonyms: auroral, aurorean, dilucular
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Relating to the east; eastern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable, poetic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Eoan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From either of the following: * Learned borrowing from Latin ē̆ōus (“of the east; of the dawn”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Ē̆ōus is derived from ἠῷος (ēōîos, “of the east; of the morning”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- (“dawn; east”). * Eos (“Greek goddess of the dawn”) + -an. Eos is derived from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”): see above. Cognates * Italian eoo * Portuguese eoo
Across languages
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