Ursa Major
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Astronomy
one of the largest and most prominent
northern
constellation
s (
the Great Bear
). The seven
brightest
star
s form a familiar formation variously called the
Plough
,
Big Dipper
, or
Charles's Wain
, and include
the Pointers
.
〘天〙 おおぐま座〘the Great Bearのラテン語名〙
postpositive adjective
(
Ursae Majoris
|ˈərsē məˈjôris| )
used with preceding
Greek
letter
or
numeral
to
designate
a
star
in the
constellation
Ursa Major
:
e.g.
the star Delta Ursae Majoris.
ORIGIN
Latin
, from the story in
Greek
mythology
that the
nymph
Callisto
was turned into a
bear
and placed as a
constellation
in the
heaven
s by
Zeus
.
Ursae Majoris
is the
Latin
genitive of
Ursa Major
.