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Webster 1913 Edition

Septentrion

Sep-ten′tri-on

,
Noun.
[L.
septentrio
the northern regions, the north, fr.
septentriones
the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles’s Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen;
septem
seven +
trio
, orig., a plow ox: cf. F.
septentrion
.]
The north or northern regions.
Shak.
Both East West, South and
Septentrioun
.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Septentrion

SEPTEN'TRION

,
Noun.
[L. septentrio.] The north or northern regions.

SEPTEN'TRION

, [L. septentrionalis] Northern; pertaining to the north.

Definition 2024

septentrion

septentrion

See also: septentrión

English

Noun

septentrion ‎(plural septentrions)

  1. (obsolete) The north or northern regions.
    • Chaucer, Boece, Book II
      And ek this Nero governyde by ceptre alle the peples that ben undir the colde sterres that highten the septemtryones. (This is to seyn he governede alle the peples that ben under the partye of the north.)
    • Shakespeare, Henry VI (act 1, scene 4)
      Thou art as opposite to every good / As the Antipodes are unto us, / Or as the south to the septentrion.

Adjective

septentrion ‎(comparative more septentrion, superlative most septentrion)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to the north; northern.
    • Milton
      From cold septentrion blasts.

References

  • septentrion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

French

Noun

septentrion m ‎(plural septentrions)

  1. septentrion

Derived terms

Etymology

From Latin septentrio the northern regions, the north, from septentriones the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen; septem ‎(“seven”) + trio, originally a plow ox: compare French septentrion.

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