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Meaning of septentriō | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[sɛpˈtɛn.tri.oː]

Definitions

  1. Ursa Major, Charles' Wain, the Big Dipper
    declension-3
  2. Ursa Minor, the constellation including the most recent pole star
    declension-3
  3. The north
    declension-3
  4. the north wind, the wind god Boreas
    declension-3

Equivalents

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.

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