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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
  2. Ursa Minor, the constellation including the most recent pole star
  3. The north
  4. the north wind, the wind god Boreas

Equivalents

Bosanski otava tramontana veri
Català tramuntana
Cymraeg Sêr Llong
Deutsch Großer Wagen
Esperanto plugilo
Español cierzo el Carro el Cazo norte
Hrvatski otava tramontana veri
日本語 七つ星 北斗 北斗七星 北風
Қазақша Жетіқарақшы
한국어 북두성 북두칠성 북풍 칠성
Lietuvių šiaurys
မြန်မာဘာသာ ခုနစ်စဉ်ကြယ်
Shqip murrlan veri
Српски otava tramontana veri
Kiswahili kaskazi
中文 北斗七星
ZH-TW 北斗七星

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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