Ēōs (only in nom.), f., = Ἠώς,
I 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 ἠῷος (sc. ἀστήρ), 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.