Orion
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The constellation Orion
English
Etymology
From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /ɒˈɹaɪ.ən/, /əʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /oʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪən
Proper noun
Orion (plural Orions)
- (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
- (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
- A surname.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
- 1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:
- In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.
- A female given name.
- Place names:
- A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
- A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
- A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
- A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
- A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
in mythology
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constellation
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See also
- Orion's Belt
- Orion Nebula
Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Orion m
Synonyms
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orion
Declension
| Inflection of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Orion | — | |
| genitive | Orionin | — | |
| partitive | Orionia | — | |
| illative | Orioniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Orion | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Orion | — |
| gen. | Orionin | ||
| genitive | Orionin | — | |
| partitive | Orionia | — | |
| inessive | Orionissa | — | |
| elative | Orionista | — | |
| illative | Orioniin | — | |
| adessive | Orionilla | — | |
| ablative | Orionilta | — | |
| allative | Orionille | — | |
| essive | Orionina | — | |
| translative | Orioniksi | — | |
| abessive | Orionitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Romanization
Orion
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈri.on/,
Proper noun
Ōrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ōrīōn |
| Genitive | Ōrīōnis |
| Dative | Ōrīōnī |
| Accusative | Ōrīōnem |
| Ablative | Ōrīōne |
| Vocative | Ōrīōn |
Descendants
References
- “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Orion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Orion m