Ursa minor
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ursa minor f sg (genitive Ursae minōris); first declension
- (astronomy) Ursa Minor, Little Bear
- 1768, Gasparus Sagner, Institutiones Philosophicae In usum Scholarum Ex probatis Veterum, Recentiorumque sententiis adornatae. Tomus IV., Placentiae, page 79:
- In haemispherio Septemtrionali.
Adromeda [i.e. Andromeda], Antinous, Aquila, Auriga, Bootes cum monte Maenalo, Canes venatici, Camelopardalis, Cassiopaea, Cephus, Cerberus, Coma Berenices, Corona Borealis, Cignus, Delphinus, Draco, Equuleus, Hercules, Lacerta, Leo minor, Lynx, Lyra, Musca, Pegasus, Perseus, Sagitta, Serpens, Serpentarius, Scutum, Sobiescianum, Triangulum majus, Triangulum minus, Ursa major, Ursa minor, Vulpecula cum ansere.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun with a third-declension comparative adjective, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ursa minor |
| genitive | Ursae minōris |
| dative | Ursae minōrī |
| accusative | Ursam minōrem |
| ablative | Ursā minōre Ursā minōrī |
| vocative | Ursa minor |
Synonyms
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]- Ursa major, also spelled ursa major
Descendants
[edit]- English: Ursa Minor