Aries

·noun A battering-ram.

II. Aries ·noun A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

III. Aries ·noun The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.

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ărĭēs, ĭētis, m. (for the kindr. forms arvix and harvix, in Varr. and Fest.; v. arvix; poet. aries s...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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ariēs (poet. ariēs, disyl.), ietis, m a ram, C., V. — Meton., the Ram (a constellation), O. — A bat...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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The most important point of departure in astronomy. A northern constellation forming the first of th...

The Sailor's Word-Book
first point of aries
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The Sailor's Word-Book