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noun greek

hălōs

gen. ō · gender feminine
= ἅλως (a round threshing-floor)
a circle round the sun; moon; a halo •
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 hălўsis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), App. de Mundo, p. 64, 16.
Perseus ID: n20179 Key: halos