septentrĭōnes | septemptrĭōnes (noun M) : (), (sing. and tmesis
* V.infra), m.septemtrio; prop. the seven plough-oxen; hence, as a constellation
* Lit., the seven stars near the north pole (called also the Wain, and the Great or Little Bear): neque se septentriones quoquam in caelo commovent, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 117; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf. in tmesi: quas nostri septem soliti vocitare Triones,id. Arat. in N. D. 2, 41, 105; so, gurgite caeruleo septem prohibete triones,Ov. M. 2, 528.—Sing.: septentrio non cernitur,Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 83; so, major,the Great Bear,Vitr. 6, 11: minor,the Little Bear,Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Vitr. 1. 1.
* Transf.
* The northern regions, the north (as a quarter of the heavens).
* Plur.: satis notum est, limites regionesque esse caeli quattuor: exortum, occasum, meridiem, septentriones,Gell. 2, 22, 3 sq.: inflectens sol cursum tum ad septentriones, tum ad meridiem, aestates et hiemes efficit,Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 1, 16; 4, 20; 5, 13; 7, 83; Mel. 2, 6, 3; 3, 1, 9; 3, 2, 1.
* The north wind.
* Plur.: ex eā die fuere septentriones venti,Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.
* Sing., northern countries, the north (as territory; very rare): totum paene Orientem ac Septentrionem ruinā suā involvit,Flor. 3, 5, 21.