ursa minor

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• ursa

  ursa, ae, f. [ursus], a she-bear. I Lit., Ov. M. 2, 485; 13, 803; 13, 836; 15, 379; id. F. 2, 1...

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

• ursa

  ursa ae, f ursus, a bear, she-bear : Catulus, partu quem reddidit ursa, O.—As a constellation, th...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Ursa

  ·noun Either one of the Bears. ·see the Phrases below. ...

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• minor

  mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project. I Lit. (only p...

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• minor

  minor (1) ātus, ārī, dep.minae, to jut forth, project : minantur In caelum scopuli, V.— To threate...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Minor

  ·noun A Minorite; a Franciscan friar. II. Minor ·adj Less by a semitone in interval or difference o...

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• ursa major

  One of the ancient northern constellations. ...

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• Petras Minor

  PETRAS MINOR(Πέτρας ὁ μικρός, Scyl. l. c.;Ptol. 4.5.2; Stadiasm. § 39), a harbour of Marmarica, half...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• minor clergy

  Young chimney sweepers. ...

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• minor axis

  In a planetary orbit, signifies the line perpendicular to the major axis, and passing through the ce...

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• minor planets

  See asteroids. ...

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• nubeculæ, major and minor

  The Magellanic clouds (which see). ...

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