auxo

Proper noun

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Athens.
(Greek mythology) 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.

Origin

From Ancient Greek Auxo (Auxo, literally “spring growth”).

Prefix

Origin

Latin auxi, perfect stem of augeo (“enlarge”)

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"auxo." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 20 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Auxo>.

APA Style

auxo. (n.d.). Retrieved January 20th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Auxo

Thallo and Carpo, the goddesses of the flowers of spring and of the fruits of summer, to whom Auxo, the goddess of the growth of plants, may be added, although some authorities make her only one of the Graces.

Join YourDictionary today