halos

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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 hălysis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 16.

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