Ossa Mayor
Old Spanish
Etymology
Calque of Latin Ursa Maior (“greater she-bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈo.sa maˈjor]
Proper noun
- (astronomy) Ursa Major
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.
- Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ¬ della recibe la fuerça ¬ la uertud.
- And the start that is on the front ear of the Great Bear has power over this stone, and it receives its strength and virtue from it.
- Et la eſtrella que es en cabo dela oreia delantera dela oſſa mayor a poder ſobreſta piedra ¬ della recibe la fuerça ¬ la uertud.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.
Related terms
- Ossa Menor (“Ursa Minor, the Little Bear”)
Descendants
- Spanish: Osa Mayor
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