Latin

Alternative forms

• Septentriō
• septemtriō, Septemtriō

Noun

septentriō m ‎(genitive septentriōnis); third declension

1. Ursa Major, Charles' Wain
2. Ursa Minor, the constellation including the most recent pole star
3. The north
4. Borealis or Boreas, the north wind

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (north wind): boreās

Antonyms

• (north wind): auster, merīdiēs

Derived terms

• septentriōnālis

Descendants

• English: septentrion
• French: septentrion
• Galician: setentrión
• Italian: settentrione
• Middle English: septemtrioun

References

• septentrio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• septentrio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “septentrio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lie to the east, west, south, north: spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
    
  • to be situate to the north-west: spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
    
  • a hill lies to the north: est a septentrionibus collis
    
  • to stretch northwards: porrigi ad septentriones
    
• “septentriōnēs” on page 1917/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)