Chloris

Significado (Inglés)

1. A nymph and the goddess of flowers and spring. She is a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of Zephyrus, and mother of Karpos. Her Roman counterpart is Flora.
2. One of the Niobids.
3. The wife of Neleus.
4. The mother of Mopsus.
5. 410 Chloris, a main-belt asteroid.

Sinónimos

genus Chloris

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χλωρίς (Khlōrís, literally “Greenfinch”), from χλωρός (khlōrós, “greenish-yellow, pale green”).