Trĭōnes (noun M) : (orig. the ploughingoxen; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 74 sq. Müll.; Gell. 2, 21, 7; hence, transf.)
* The constellation of the Wain, i. e. Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (which were compared to a wagon with oxen yoked to it): Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones,Verg. A. 3, 516: gelidi,Ov. M. 2, 171: Hyperborei,Mart. 9, 46, 1: Odrysii,id. 7, 80, 1: pigri,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 205: inoccidui,id. Gigantom. 11; Ov. M. 10, 446.