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eos

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noun

  1. plural of EO

proper noun

  1. The Greek goddess of the dawn; daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Selene, wife of Astraeus (god of the dusk), and mother of the four Anemoi ("Winds"), and the five Astra Planeta ("Wandering Stars/Planets"). Her Roman counterpart is Aurora.
  2. The dawn.

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/ˈiɑs/

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Ego Deum genus esse semper duxi, et dicam colitum; Sed eos non curare opinor quid agat humanum genus.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.
Marcello PerathonerThe Project Gutenberg RST ManualProject Gutenberg ebook #181
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Ushas, Eos, Aurora, is the daughter of heaven, and one story of the birth is contained in the Maori myth of Papa and Rangi.
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
And then say men two verses of the Psalter three sithes: Irruat super eos formido & pavor, in magnitudine brachii tui, Domine.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
Hoffberg, in describing the domesticated reindeer of Lapland says, “Foeminae majores et fortiores mares prae caeteris admittunt, ad eos confugiunt, a junioribus agitatae, qui hos in fugam conjiciunt.”
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300