Definition of halos
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Orthography ID = 2024938
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LNS
halōs, -
halos
ἅλως
noun (f., unknown declension)
  1. a circle round the sun or moon, a halo
Abbreviations
halōs, 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 halysis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 16.
 
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