Eous

Eous
Ēōs (only in nom.), f., = Êôs, the dawn (pure Lat. Aurora), Ov. F. 3, 877; 4, 389; Sen. Herc. Oet. 615.—
B.
Meton., the East, the Orient, Luc. 9, 544.—
II.
Derivv. Ē̆ōus, a, um.
A.
Adj.
1.
Belonging to the morning, morning-:

Atlantides absconduntur,

 i. e. disappear, set in the morning, Verg. G. 1, 221.—More freq.,
2.
Belonging to the east, eastern, orient (a favorite word of the Aug. poets):

domus Aurorae,

 Prop. 2, 14, 10 (3, 10, 8 M.):

equus,

 id. 4 (5), 3, 10:

Arabes,

 Tib. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

domus Arabum,

 Verg. G. 2, 115:

acies,

 id. A. 1, 489:

caelum,

 Ov. M. 4, 197:

ripa,

 Prop. 4 (5), 5, 21:

mare,

 Tib. 2, 2, 16; cf.

fluctus,

 Hor. Epod. 2, 51:

partes,

 id. C. 1, 35, 31; Ov. F. 1, 140; cf.

orbis,

 id. ib. 3, 466; 5, 557 et saep.—
B.
Subst.: Ē̆ōus, i, m.
1.
Like êôios (sc. astêr), the morning-star, Verg. G. 1, 288; id. A. 3, 588; 11, 4.—
2.
An inhabitant of the East, an Oriental, Ov. Tr. 4, 9, 22 Jahn; id. Am. 1, 15, 29; Prop. 2, 3, 43 sq.—
3.
The name of one of the horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 153.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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