noun · masculine
septentriōnēs
septentriōnēs m
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- accusativenominativepluralvocativenominative/accusative/vocative plural of septentriō
- the northern regions, the north (as a quarter of the heavens)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
pars caelī ubi septem stēllae clārae sunt; contrā merīdiem.septentriōnēs -um m pl — in Mille Verba, Caelum et Tempestātēs
pars caelī frīgida, ubi Arctī suntseptentriōnēs -um (m pl) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 10
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- porrigi ad septentriones
- to stretch northwards.
- spectare inter occasum solis et septentriones
- to be situate to the north-west.
- spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones
- to lie to the east, west, south, north.
septentrĭōnes (septemptrĭōnes), um (sing. and tmesis,
I. v. infra), m. septemtrio; prop. the seven plough-oxen; hence, as a constellation,
I. Lit., the seven stars near the north pole (called also the Wain, and the Great or Little Bear): neque se septentriones quoquam in caelo commovent, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 117; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf.
in tmesi: quas nostri septem soliti vocitare Triones, id. Arat. in N. D. 2, 41, 105; so, gurgite caeruleo septem prohibete triones, Ov. M. 2, 528.—Sing.: septentrio non cernitur, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 83; so, major, the Great Bear, Vitr. 6, 11: minor, the Little Bear, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Vitr. 1. 1.—II. Transf.
A. The northern regions, the north (as a quarter of the heavens).
(a). Plur.:
satis notum est, limites regionesque esse caeli quattuor: exortum, occasum, meridiem, septentriones, Gell. 2, 22, 3 sq.: inflectens sol cursum tum ad septentriones, tum ad meridiem, aestates et hiemes efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 1, 16; 4, 20; 5, 13; 7, 83; Mel. 2, 6, 3; 3, 1, 9; 3, 2, 1.—(b). Sing.:
latus oriens spectat: septentrio a Macedoniā obicitur, Liv. 32, 13; Mel. 1, 1, 1; 2, 6, 3; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Tac. A. 2, 23; 13, 53; id. H. 5, 6 al.—In tmesi: Hyperboreo septem subjecta trioni Gens, Verg. G. 3, 381; Ov. M. 1, 64.—B. The north wind.
(a). Plur.:
ex eā die fuere septentriones venti, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—(b). Sing.:
acer septentrio ortus inclinatum stagnum eodem, quo aestus, ferebat, Liv. 26, 45: a septentrionali latere summus est aquilo, medius septentrio, imus thrascias, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 6.—C. Sing., northern countries, the north (as territory;
very rare): totum paene Orientem ac Septentrionem ruinā suā involvit, Flor. 3, 5, 21.In English words that came into English from septentriōnēs
- septentrionalseptentriōnālis