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Webster 1913 Edition
Aries
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A′ri-es
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Noun.
[L.]
1.
(Astron.)
(a)
The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.
(b)
A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.
2.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A battering-ram.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aries
A'RIES
,Noun.
The ram, a constellation of fixed stars, drawn on the globe, in the figure of a ram. It is the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
Definition 2025
Aries
Aries
English
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Proper noun
Aries (symbol ♈)
- (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.
- 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3
- The Bull, being gall’d, gave Aries such a knock / That down fell both the Ram’s horns in the court.
- 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3
- (astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 21 - April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 - May 15 (sidereal astrology).
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constellation
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Noun
Aries (plural Aries)
- Someone with an Aries star sign.
Synonyms
Translations
Someone with an Aries star sign
See also
- (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces (Category: en:Astrology)
Anagrams
aries
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Latin
Noun
ariēs m (genitive arietis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ariēs | arietēs |
| genitive | arietis | arietum |
| dative | arietī | arietibus |
| accusative | arietem | arietēs |
| ablative | ariete | arietibus |
| vocative | ariēs | arietēs |
Related terms
Descendants
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See also
- arvix
- harvix
References
- aries in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aries in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aries”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit
- the battering-ram strikes the wall: aries murum attingit, percutit
- aries in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aries in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 54