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Auxo en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔk.soʊ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɔːk.səʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɑk.soʊ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αὔξω (Aúxō), related to αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to increase”).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) One of the Charites worshipped in Athens.
  2. (Greek) One of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of Summer; she is the protector of vegetation and plants, and growth and fertility.

Coordinates

Pasithea · Eudaimonia · Hegemone · Pannychis · Pandaisia · Hegemone (Goddesses of plants/vegetation etc.) · Charis · Eunomia (Horae) · Thalia · Aglaea · Antheia · Demeter (Goddesses of plants/vegetation etc.) · Phaenna · Persephone (Seasonal deities) · Paidia · Chione (Seasonal deities) · Thallo (Horae) · Flora (Goddesses of plants/vegetation etc.) · Chloris (Goddesses of plants/vegetation etc.) · Euphrosyne · Cleta · Dike (Horae) · Ceres (Goddesses of plants/vegetation etc.) · Carpo (Horae) · Eirene (Horae) · Proserpina (Seasonal deities)

Translations (1)

grc Αὐξώ (One of the Charites)