triones
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.əʊnz/
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin triōnēs, plural of triō; compare septentrion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈəʊniːz/
Noun
triones pl (plural only)
- The seven principal stars in the constellation Ursa Major
- Synonyms: (especially US) Big Dipper, (especially UK) Plough, (somewhat dated, UK) Charles' Wain, (dated, US) Drinking Gourd, (Asia) Northern Ladle, (archaic) Northern Waggoner, (archaic, UK) Wain
Latin
References
- triones in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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