georgium sidus

The Sailor's Word-Book

The planet discovered by Sir W. Herschel was so named at first; but astronomers adopted Uranus instead, as safer to keep in the neutral ground of mythology.

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Georgium Sidus
·- The planet Uranus, so named by its discoverer, Sir W. Herschel. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sidus
SIDUS(Σιδοῦς, Σιδουντιὰς κώμη, Hesych.: Eth. Σιδούντιος), a village in the Corinthia, on the Saronic...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
sidus
sīdus, ĕris, n. [cf. Sanscr. svid, to sweat, melt; Gr. σίδηρος (molten) iron; Lat. sudo]. I Stars un...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
sidus
sīdus eris, n a group of stars, constellation, heavenly body: de sideribus disputare, Cs.: Siderum ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary