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părēlĭon

părēlĭon · n

a mock sun

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What it meant

părēlĭon — Lewis & Short

părēlĭon, i, n., = parh/lion,

I a mock sun, parhelion: parelia sunt imagines solis in nube spissā et vicinā in modum speculi. Quidam parelion ita definiunt: nubes rotunda et splendida, similisque soli, Sen. Q. N. 1, 11, 2: solent et bina fieri parelia, id. ib. 1, 13, 1.

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