Latin noun
Last edited: 2023-12-12| Primary meaning | Ursa Major |
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| Literal translation | the seven plough-oxen |
| Variants | septentriones septentrio singular |
| Edited by |
cur septentriones numquam caeli rotata vertigo ad occidentem transferat orientique restituat
‘why the spinning of the sky never carries Ursa Major over to the west and back to the east’
〈—〉 ḫpš ‘Ursa Major’
〈—〉 msḫ.ṱ ‘Ursa Major’
〈Ἄρκτος〉 Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
〈mul.MAR.GID2.DA〉 ereqqu ‘Wagon-star’
〈Ἄμαξα〉 Amaxa ‘Ursa Major’
〈arctos〉 ‘the Bear’
〈septentrionalis〉 ‘northern’
〈עַיִשׁ〉 ʿayiš ‘Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo?’
〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
@misc{zodiac852,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {septentriones ({Lemma} #852)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/852/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/852/},
}