Meaning of septentriō | Babel Free
[sɛpˈtɛn.tri.oː]Definitions
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Ursa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper declension-3
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Ursa Minor, the constellation including the most recent pole star declension-3
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The north declension-3
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the north wind, the wind god Boreas declension-3
Equivalents
العربية
بَنَاتُ نَعْشٍ الكُبْرَى
Català
tramuntana
Čeština
Velký vůz
Cymraeg
Sêr Llong
Deutsch
Großer Wagen
Ελληνικά
βοριάς
Esperanto
plugilo
हिन्दी
सप्तर्षि तारामंडल
Қазақша
Жетіқарақшы
Lietuvių
šiaurys
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ်
Polski
Wielki Wóz
Kiswahili
kaskazi
Examples
“Hic ergo Septentrio maior ... Haec igitur ursa a Graecis Helice appellatur.”
This is then the Big Dipper... It is therefore called the Helice bear by the Greeks.
“ā septentriōne et occidente sicciōrēs quam ā merīdiē et oriente”
from the North and West they [winds] are drier than from the South or East
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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