Iugula

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

Jŭgŭla, ae, and Iŭgŭlae, ārum, f. [jugulus],

I the three stars which form Orion's belt; also, the whole constellation Orion , Varr. L. L. 7, § 50 Müll.: neque Jugulae neque Vesperugo neque Vergiliae occidunt, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 119.—

II Two stars in the constellation Cancer , otherwise called Aselli : nunc Cancro vicina canam, cui parte sinistra Consurgunt Jugulae, Manil. 5, 175.