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Cynosura
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Lewis Short
Cynŏsūra | Cynŏsūris, ĭdis (noun F.f) : Κυνόσουρα (hound's-tail).
* The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura, or Lesser Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.—Hence
* Adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura: Ursa,the Lesser Bear,Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda,Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.
* A town in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 4, 295.
* The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura, or Lesser Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.—Hence
* Adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura: Ursa,the Lesser Bear,Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda,Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.
* A town in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 4, 295.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
See also:
cynosura
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