# Eoan
## English
### Etymology

From either of the following:
* Learned borrowing from Latin ē̆ōus (“of the east; of the dawn”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Ē̆ōus is derived from ἠῷος (ēôios, “of the east; of the morning”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”).
* Eos (“Greek goddess of the dawn”) +‎ -an. Eos is derived from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”): see above.
* Italian eoo
* Portuguese eoo

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /iːˈəʊən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /iˈoʊən/
* Rhymes: -əʊən
* Hyphenation: Eo‧an

### Adjective

Eoan (not comparable) (archaic, poetic)
* Relating to the dawn.
    Synonyms: auroral, aurorean, dilucular
    Coordinate terms: vespertinal, vespertine
** 1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signatures [B4], verso – C, recto:VVhoſe moſt adored name incloſes, / Things abſtruſe, deep and diuine. / VVhoſe yellovv treſſes ſhine, / Bright as Eoan fire. […] Bright as Eoan fire, / O me thy Prieſt inſpire!
** 1619, Michael Drayton, “[Odes.] To the New Yeere.”, in Cyril Brett, editor, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1907, →OCLC, page 59, lines 19–21:Giue her th' Eoan brightnesse, / Wing'd with that subtill lightnesse, / That doth trans-pierce the Ayre; […]
** 1622 May 24 (licensing date), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Prophetesse”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene iii, page 36, column 1:[S]he moves unto me: / how ſvveet, hovv fair, and lovely her aſpects are? / her eyes are like bright Ioan flames ſhot thorovv me.
** 2015, Bill Reed, The Pipwink Papers, Melbourne, Vic.: Reed Independent, →ISBN:But we can note how wonderfully Pirip has woven the eoan light to recreate the images of life's grey, last sickly days […]
* Relating to the east; eastern.
** 1642, Will[iam] Wishartt, “Melpomene”, in Immanuel: Or The Mistery of God, Manifested in the Flesh. […], London: […] R. Hodgkinsonne, for Philip Nevill […], →OCLC, canto 6 (The Triumph), page 208:And from his Orient or Eoan vvave, / VVhere Neptune doth his ſteps in pearle engrave, / Seeing a clearer Sun i' th' VVeſt ariſe / To all his Naids and his Napæis, cries / […] / Tvvo Suns ariſe at once, and in one day / Tvvo Titans to the vvorld their lights diſplay; […]
** 1720, J[ohn] Bulkeley, “Book II”, in The Last-Day. A Poem, […], London: […] J. Peele, […]; R. King, […]; C[harles] Rivington, […]; and W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood […], →OCLC, page 81:Ocean vvas troubled, from th' Atlantick Vaſte / To Shores Eöan vvhere Braſilian Hills / Are cloath'd vvith Myrrh, and Trees diſtill vvith Balm.
** 1813, Robert Mayo, “Preliminary. Progress and Extent of Ancient Geography.”, in A View of Ancient Geography, and Ancient History. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: John F[anning] Watson, […]; A. Fagan printer, →OCLC, part I (Natural Geography), page 3:[Ancient navigators] carried their commerce to Thynæ, the capital of Sinæ, on the river Senus now Camboja, in the ulterior peninsula of India, where their Eoan Ocean respects the east; circumnavigated Africa; and penetrated to the Thule, now Shetland isles: here they acquired some idea of the Mare Pigrum or Northern Ocean, which they would fain connect with the Eoan or Eastern Ocean by an extension of the Baltic […]
** 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ode to Liberty”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], →OCLC, stanza XVIII, page 221:Come Thou, but lead out of the inmost cave / Of man's deep spirit, as the morning-star / Beckons the Sun from the Eoan wave.
** 1827, [Henry Taylor], Isaac Comnenus. […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 129:Armenian girls / Call him the Mithra of the middle world, / That sheds Eoan radiance on the West.

#### Alternative forms

* eoan

#### Related terms

* Eos
* eosin

#### See also

* dawnlike
* matinal
* matitudinal
* matutinal
* matutinary (chiefly US, rare)
* matutine

### References

* ↑ “Eoan, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022.
* ↑ “eoan, adj.”, in Collins English Dictionary.

### Further reading

* dawn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “eoan, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* aeon, æon