| septentriones | Latin | Ursa Major |
| 〈arctos〉 ‘the Bear’ | Latin | the Bear |
| 〈septentrionalis〉 ‘northern’ | Latin | northern |
| 〈ereqqu〉 mul.MAR.GID₂.DA ‘Wagon-star’ | Akkadian | Wagon-star |
| 〈ḫpš〉 ‘Ursa Major’ | Egyptian | Ursa Major |
| 〈msḫ.ṱ〉 ‘Ursa Major’ | Egyptian | Ursa Major |
| 〈ϣⲱⲡϣ〉 šôpš ‘Ursa Major’ | Egyptian | Ursa Major |
| 〈Ἄρκτος〉 Arktos ‘Ursa Major’ | Greek | Ursa Major , Ursa Major + Ursa Minor , north |
| 〈Ἄμαξα〉 Amaxa ‘Ursa Major’ | Greek | Ursa Major |
| 〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’ | Greek | Ursa Major |
| 〈עַיִשׁ〉 ʿayiš ‘Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo?’ | Hebrew | Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo? |