Eos

See also: eos, Éos, -eos, and E&Os

Translingual

Eos squamata

Etymology

From Latin Eos, from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Dawn”), likely in reference to its red color.

Proper noun

Eos f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Psittaculidae – certain lories of Indonesia with predominantly red plumage and blue, purple or black markings.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes – order; Psittacoidea – superfamily; Psittaculidae – family; Loriinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Eos histrio (red-and-blue lory) - type species; Eos cyanogenia, Eos reticulata, Eos semilarvata, Eos squamata - other species

References

• Eos (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eos (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”). Doublet of Aurora.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈiːɒs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈiɑs/

Proper noun

Eos

1. (Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the dawn; daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Selene, wife of Astraeus (god of the dusk), and mother of the four Anemoi ("Winds"), and the five Astra Planeta ("Wandering Stars/Planets"). Her Roman counterpart is Aurora.
2. (poetic) The dawn.

Derived terms

• Eoan (possibly)

Translations

Greek goddess of the dawn

• Arabic: إييوس f
• Armenian: Էոս (hy) (Ēos)
• Azerbaijani: ائوس
• Catalan: Eos (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 艾奧斯 / 艾奥斯

  Wu: 厄俄斯

• Czech: Éós f
• Esperanto: Eoso
• French: Éos (fr) f
• Georgian: ეოსი (ka) (eosi)
• Greek: Ηώς (el) f (Iós)

  Ancient Greek: Ἠώς f (Ēṓs), Ἕως f (Héōs)

• Hebrew: אֵאוֹס f
• Hungarian: Éósz (hu), Eósz
• Japanese: エーオース (ja) (Ēōsu), エオス (Eosu)
• Korean: 에오스 (E'oseu)
• Persian: ائوس
• Polish: Eos (pl) f
• Portuguese: Eos f
• Romanian: Eos f
• Russian: Э́ос (ru) f (Éos)
• Serbo-Croatian: Èos (sh) f, Ѐос f, Eja f, Еја f
• Slovak: Éós f
• Slovene: Eos (sl) f
• Spanish: Eos f
• Swedish: Eos (sv)
• Thai: อีออส
• Ukrainian: Е́ос f (Éos)

Further reading

• Eos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• soe, Seo, Soe, oes, -ose, SOE, OSE, OES, OES., ESO, SEO, OEs

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛ.us]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɛ.os]

Proper noun

Eos f

1. (Greek mythology) Eos (Greek goddess of dawn)

Polish

Eos

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ēōs. Doublet of aurora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɔs
• Syllabification: E‧os

Proper noun

Eos f (indeclinable)

1. (Greek mythology) Eos (Greek goddess of the dawn; daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Selene, wife of Astraeus (god of the dusk), and mother of the four Anemoi, and the five Astra Planeta; equivalent of the Roman Aurora)

Further reading

• Eos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Eos in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs). Doublet of Aurora.

Proper noun

Eos f

1. (Greek mythology) Eos (goddess of the dawn)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeos/ [ˈe.os]
• Rhymes: -eos
• Syllabification: E‧os

Proper noun

Eos f

1. (Greek mythology) Eos (Greek goddess of dawn)