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Aur Aura Aural Aurelian Aureola Aureus Aurora Borealis Aurous



~ AUR~  prefix for AIR
        denotes several relationships
        as in EAR and AURICULAR   sug> AUDIENCE
        also GOLD as in AUREUS
        id+ | GUILDED DAWN or AURORA |
        sc> symbol for gold is AU
~ AURA  id+ | SOAR |
        id+ | PREMONITION as in PRODROME |
     as if " I FEEL IT COMING " or
     PRO DROM = RUNNING BEFORE
     as in sug> DRUM
     gr AENAI = AIR TO BREATHE
                BREEZE
     med> AN UNREAL SENSATION
          RISING FROM SOME
     PART OF THE BODY AS A PREMONITION
     ofte may PRECEDE or SIGNAL
     AN IMPENDING EVENT or
     A SENSE OF MOTOR or MOTION or MENTAL STATE
     as in an EPILEPTIC or SEIZURE or CONVULSIVE ATTACK or
     hx> WELL DESCRIBED BY
         GALEN [#] AND OTHER EARLY PHYSICIANS
     note AURA IS NOT related to gr OURA = TAIL
     myth> AURA WAS THE GODDESS OF THE MORNING WIND
           WHO MADE ADVANCES TO KEPHALOS WHO
     WITHSTOOD HER AND IN REVENGE SHE STIRRED
     DISCORD BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE PROTKIS
            later KEPHALOS KILLED PROTKIS BY ACCIDENT
~ AURAL     PERTAINS TO EITHER AURA or AURICULAR
~ AURELIAN  ROMAN EMPEROR NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH
            see> MARCUS AURELIUS WHO WAS BORN IN 121
     AURELIAN RULED FROM 270 TO 275
     THE SURVIVING WALLS OF ROME ARE
     NAMED AFTER HIM
     BEFORE ITS DECADENCE ROME WAS
            AN AN OPEN CITY
~ AUREOLA   id+ EMANATING ENERGY as in a
                HALO  RADIANCE
     from lat AUREUS = GOLDEN
              AURUM    GOLD
     sc> HALO from REFLECTED ILLUMINATION OF CLOUDS or
         OTHER BODIES
     myth> IN CHRISTIANITY A HALO
           MOSTLY AROUND THE HEAD
     DENOTES SANCTITY or GLORY
     also USED BY MUSLIMS  HINDU and BUDDHISTS
     also USED BY SOLAR CULTS TO DENOTE SOLAR ENERGY
     also denotes SPIRITUAL ENERGY or
     AN EMANATION OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT
            art> SHOWN IN PICTURES OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE
~ AUREUS    id+ | GOLDEN |  see> AUROUS below
~ AURORA    id+ | DAWN |    see> MATUTINE
            note            see> MORNING
     lit+ Homer called her
                 " THE ROSY FINGERED "
     note ROSY DAWN EVOLVES INTO GOLDEN
     myth> FOR THE GREEKS
           THE GODDESS OF DAWN           sug> EOS
     DAUGHTER OF HYPERION & THIA or THEA or
     URANUS & GAEA
     AURORA WAS THE FAMOUS LOVER OF TITHONUS
                   found in the Aeneid Iliad Theogony
~ AURORA BOREALIS  or NORTHERN DAWN or NORTHERN LIGHT NIGHTS
                   from BOREAS THE NORTHERN WIND
     also AURORA AUSTRALIS or SOUTHERN DAWN
     sc>  ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS LIGHT THE SKY
          see> AUSTER THE SON OF AURORA
~ AUROUS  CONTAINING GOLD from
          lat AURUM = GOLD
  sc> ELEMENTAL GOLD IS DENOTED BY AU or Au
  hx> AUREUS OF CONSTANTINUS was a COIN
      another was GOLD SOLIDUS  sug> SOLID
  ONE SOLIDUS WAS WORTH ONE ROMAN POIUND or
  326 G OF GOLD
  see> MEASURE

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