Cynosura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cynŏsūra, ae, f., = Κυνόσουρα (hound's-tail).

I The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura , or Lesser Bear , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.—Hence,

B Cynŏsūris , ĭdis, f. adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura : Ursa, the Lesser Bear , Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda, Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.—

II A town in Arcadia , Stat. Th. 4, 295.

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