English

Proper noun

Horae (plural; singular Hora)

1. (Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.

Hyponyms

• Thallo (Spring), Auxo (Summer), Carpo (Autumn), Dike (Justice), Eirene (Peace), Eunomia (Order of Law)

Coordinate terms

• (Seasonal deities): Chione (Winter), Persephone/Proserpina

Translations

Latin

Noun

hōrae f

1. genitive singular of hōra
2. dative singular of hōra
3. nominative plural of hōra
4. vocative plural of hōra

References

• HORAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• horae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• horae in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray