Libra

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

II. Libra ·noun The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, ·etc.

Related Words

libra
lībra, ae, f. [cf. λίτρα; root cli-, clino], I the Roman pound , of twelve ounces: as erat libra pon...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
libra
lībra ae, f CLI-, a balance, pair of scales : altera librae lanx: librā et aere, by scale and bai...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
libra
The seventh sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 21st of September; the commencement o...

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