aurocorisa

pl. [Gr. αύρο- ( auro- ) used as a combining form of αύρα ( aura ) = air, wind, and κόρις ( kor is ) = a bug.] Entom.: A synonym of Geocores (q.v.). Âu-rör-a, âu-rör-a, s. [In Ger., Sp., Port., Ital., & Lat. Aurora , aurora ; Fr. Au rore, aurore. Mahn considers this as = aurea hora = golden hour, or Gr. αὔριος ὥρα (αυτίos (hõra) = "morning hour" ("morning time of day," rather, the specific sense of "hour" being a late one); or, finally, from Sanse, ushasa the dawn. Smith derives aurora from a root ur = to burn. Compare with this Heb. אור ) ur ) and 6 ) אור( = light, from אור ( or ) to give light, to shine.] A. Of persons (of the form Aurora only). Roman Myth. The godde of the morning. She was sometimes represented as drawn in a rosy-coloured chariot by two horses. She appears as the forerunner of the sun. In some examples it is difficult to determine whether Aurora means this mythic female or only the dawn. "Soon as Aurora , daughter of the dawn, Sprinkled with roseate light the dewy lawn." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, bk. xvii., 1, 2 "Till on her eastern throne Aurora glows." Ibid . , bk. xix., 61. B. Of things (of either form):. 1. Poetry: The dawn of day. "The morning planet told th' approach of light, And, fast behind, Aurora's warmer ray O'er the broad ocean pour'd the golden day." Pope: Homer's Iliad, bk. xxiii, 281-4 "His bosom of the hue With which Aurora decks the skies, When piping winds shall soon arise To sweep away the dew." 3. Bot . A species of Ranunculus. aurora australis. [AURORA (B., 2.).] aurora borealis. (In Fr. aurore bo réale ; Sp. aurora boreal .] [AURORA (B., 2.).] âu-rör-al, a. [Eng. auror ( a ); -al . ] 1. Pertaining to the dawn of day; roseate. "Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush." Long fellow: The Student's Tale. 2. Pertaining to the Aurora borealis or to the A. australis , as an " auroral arch."