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halos

hălōs, ō, f., = ἅλως (a round threshing-floor),
  • 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 hălysis (prob. corrupted from ἅλως), Ap. Mund. p. 64, 16.

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