ursa, ae, f. [ursus], a she-bear.
I Lit., Ov. M. 2, 485; 13, 803; 13, 836; 15, 379; id. F. 2, 181; Mart. 6, 25, 2.—
B Poet., a bear , in gen., Verg. A. 5, 37; Ov. M. 12, 319; 14, 255.—
II Transf.: Ursa, as a constellation , either Ursa Major, the Greater Bear , or Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear , Ov. H. 18 (17), 152; id. Tr. 1, 4, 1; 3, 11, 8; 5, 3, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 724; Suet. Aug. 80.