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Webster 1913 Edition


Orion

O-ri′on

(ō̍-rī′ŏn)
,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
Ὠρίων
, orig., a celebrated hunter in the oldest Greek mythology, after whom this constellation was named.]
(Astron.)
A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye.
The flaming glories of
Orion’s
belt.
E. Everett.

Webster 1828 Edition


Orion

ORI'ON

,
Noun.
[Gr. unfortunately accented by the poets on the second syllable.]
A constellation in the southern hemisphere, containing seventy eight stars.

Definition 2024


Orion

Orion

See also: Orión and Órion

English

The constellation Orion

Proper noun

Orion

  1. (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
  2. (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
  3. A male given name of modern usage.
  4. A female given name
    • 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, ISBN 0060130474, page 113:
      In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.
  5. A ghost hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
  6. A ghost town in California.
  7. A commune in France.
  8. A village in Illinois.
  9. A municipality in Bataan, the Philippines.
  10. A town in Wisconsin.

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Dutch

Proper noun

Orion m

  1. (astronomy) Orion

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Finnish

Proper noun

Orion

  1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Inflection of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Orion
genitive Orionin
partitive Orionia
illative Orioniin
singular plural
nominative Orion
accusative nom. Orion
gen. Orionin
genitive Orionin
partitive Orionia
inessive Orionissa
elative Orionista
illative Orioniin
adessive Orionilla
ablative Orionilta
allative Orionille
essive Orionina
translative Orioniksi
instructive
abessive Orionitta
comitative

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ōrīōn m (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Orion m

  1. (Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)
  2. (astronomy) Orion (a constellation)