hălōs
hălōs, ō, f., = ἅλως (a round threshing-floor), a circle round the sun or moon, a halo, pure Lat. corona: circa solem visum coloris varii circulum, qualis esse in arcu solet. Hunc Graeci halo vocant: nos dicere coronam aptissime possumus, etc., Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 1.—Called also hălўsis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 16.
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Headword (normalized):
hălōs
Headword (normalized/stripped):
halos
Intro Text:
hălōs, ō, f., = ἅλως (a round threshing-floor), a circle round the sun or moon, a halo, pure Lat. corona: circa solem visum coloris varii circulum, qualis esse in arcu solet. Hunc Graeci halo vocant: nos dicere coronam aptissime possumus, etc., Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 1.—Called also hălўsis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 16.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n20179
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