Lewis & Short

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eon, ōnis, f., an unknown tree, Plin. 13, 22, 39, § 119.

Ēōs (only in nom.), f., = Ἠώς,

  1. I. the dawn (pure Lat. Aurora), Ov. F. 3, 877; 4, 389; Sen. Herc. Oet. 615.
    1. B. Meton., the East, the Orient, Luc. 9, 544.
  2. II. Derivv. Ē̆ōus, a, um.
    1. A. Adj.
      1. 1. Belonging to the morning, morning-: Atlantides absconduntur, i. e. disappear, set in the morning, Verg. G. 1, 221.
        More freq.,
      2. 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.
    2. B. Subst.: Ē̆ōus, i, m.
      1. 1. Like ἠῷος (sc. ἀστήρ), the morning-star, Verg. G. 1, 288; id. A. 3, 588; 11, 4.
      2. 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. 3. The name of one of the horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 153.