Ŏphĭūchus, i, m., = Ὀφιοῦχος,
the Serpent-holder , a constellation: quem claro perhibent Ophiuchum nomine Graii, Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 ex Arat.; Manil. 1, 331.
·noun A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands...
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One of the ancient constellations, of which the lucida is Ras-al-ague, one of the selected nautical ...
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