- triones
- triones /trī-ōˈnēz/plural nounThe seven stars of the PloughORIGIN: L triōnēs plough-oxen
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TRIONES — Romanis a terendo boves appellati. Varro de L. L. l. 6. Triones enim et boves appellantur a bubulis etiam nunc, maxime cum arant terram. E quibus ut dicti valentes glebarii, qui facile proscindunt glebas: sic omnes, qui terram arabant, a terra… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Triōnes — (lat.), die. Pflugochsen, das Sternbild des Großen Bären, s. Septentrio 1) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Triones — Triones, lat., das Sternbild des großen Bären; vergl. septentrio … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
SEPTEMTRIONI seu SEPTENTRION — unde nomen sit, non convenit. Quidam volunt esse, a solo numero stellarum, ut triones sit supplementum. Alii malunt iriones esse boves, ut apud Naevium: Trionum hic moderator rusticusSane in Philoxeni Glossis legas: Triones, βόες αρχαίως. Eritque … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Septentrional — is a word that means of the north , rarely used in English but commonly used in French. Early maps of North America, mostly those before 1700, often refer to the northern or northwestern most unexplored areas of the continent at Septentrional or… … Wikipedia
septentrion — [ sɛptɑ̃trijɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1155; lat. septentrio, proprt « les sept bœufs de labour », l Ourse polaire ♦ Poét. et vieilli Le nord. ● septentrion nom masculin (latin septentrio, la Petite Ourse) Littéraire. Nord, celui des pôles du monde qui est… … Encyclopédie Universelle
septentrion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin septentriones, plural, the seven stars of Ursa Major or Ursa Minor, from septem seven + triones plowing oxen Date: 14th century obsolete the northern regions ; north … New Collegiate Dictionary
Biblical cosmology — See also: Religious cosmology The various authors of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh, or Old Testament) and New Testament provide glimpses of their views regarding cosmology. According to the Genesis creation narrative, the cosmos created by Elohim has… … Wikipedia
Lucius Lucretius — Trio was a Roman moneyer, who minted two denarii in c. 76 BCE. His coin showing the laureate head of Neptune is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.The other has a radiate Sol (sun) on obverse and a crescent moon and seven stars … Wikipedia
Big Dipper — This article is about the asterism. For other uses, see Big Dipper (disambiguation). Big Dipper map The Plough, also known as the Big Dipper or the Saptarishi (after the seven rishis), is an asterism of seven stars that has been recognized as a… … Wikipedia
