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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.
A constellation in the southern hemisphere, containing seventy eight stars.
Definition 2024
Orion
Orion
English
The constellation Orion
Proper noun
Orion
- (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
- (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
- A male given name of modern usage.
- 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.
- 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, ISBN 0060130474, page 113:
- A ghost hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
- A ghost town in California.
- A commune in France.
- A village in Illinois.
- A municipality in Bataan, the Philippines.
- A town in Wisconsin.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
in mythology
constellation
See also
- Orion's Belt
- Orion Nebula
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Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Proper noun
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/
Proper noun
Ōrīōn m (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension
References
- Orion in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Orion in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Orion”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.