- The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the
redness of the sky just before the sun rises. - The rise, dawn, or beginning. - The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess
of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in
a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew. - A species of crowfoot. - The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or
southern lights).