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Webster 1913 Edition


Halo

Ha′lo

(hā′lō̍)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Halos
(-lōz)
.
[L.
halos
, acc.
halo
, Gr.
ἄλωσ
a thrashing floor, also (from its round shape) the disk of the sun or moon, and later a halo round it; cf. Gr.
εἰλύειν
to enfold,
ἐλύειν
to roll round, L.
volvere
, and E.
voluble
.]
1.
A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
2.
A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
3.
An ideal glory investing, or affecting one’s perception of, an object.
4.
A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Ha′lo

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Haloed
(-lōd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Haloing
.]
To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.
The fire
That
haloed
round his saintly brow.
Southey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Halo

HA'LO

,
Noun.
A circle appearing round the body of the sun, moon or stars, called also Corona, or crown. Halos are sometimes white and sometimes colored. Sometimes one only appears, and sometimes several concentric circles appear at the same time.

Definition 2024


háló

háló

See also: halo, Halo, HALO, haló, halò, halo-, and hal-o

Hungarian

Adjective

háló (not comparable)

  1. sleeping
  2. bed-, night-
Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Verb

háló

  1. present participle of hál

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kalaw (net). Cognate with Finnish kalin and Estonian kale.

Noun

háló (plural hálók)

  1. net
  2. web
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative háló hálók
accusative hálót hálókat
dative hálónak hálóknak
instrumental hálóval hálókkal
causal-final hálóért hálókért
translative hálóvá hálókká
terminative hálóig hálókig
essive-formal hálóként hálókként
essive-modal
inessive hálóban hálókban
superessive hálón hálókon
adessive hálónál hálóknál
illative hálóba hálókba
sublative hálóra hálókra
allative hálóhoz hálókhoz
elative hálóból hálókból
delative hálóról hálókról
ablative hálótól hálóktól
Possessive forms of háló
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hálóm hálóim
2nd person sing. hálód hálóid
3rd person sing. hálója hálói
1st person plural hálónk hálóink
2nd person plural hálótok hálóitok
3rd person plural hálójuk hálóik
Derived terms