| Aurora 1. (n.) A rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises. 2. (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning. 3. (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. 4. (n.) A species of crowfoot. 5. (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights). Thesaurus Entries alpenglow, arch aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, aurora glory, aurora polaris, break of day, brightening, chanticleer, cockcrow, cocklight, crack of dawn, crepuscule, dawn, dawning, dawnlight, day-peep, daybreak, daylight, dayspring, first brightening, first light, foredawn, glow, half-light, light, merry dancers, morn, morning, morning twilight, northern lights, peep of day, polar lights, polar ray, prime, southern lights, sunrise, sunup, the small hours, twilight, vestibule of Day |