septentrio.
Big/Little Dipper (s./pl.); north, north regions/wind; brooch w/7 stones;
Meaning & usage
Ursa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper
Ursa Minor, the constellation including the most recent pole star
The north
the north wind, the wind god Boreas
Where this word comes from
From septem (“seven”) + triō (“plow ox”; “Ursa Major”, “Ursa Minor”), from terō (“to rub”), the Latin name of both Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, from their appearance of milling around the north celestial pole.
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