Ursa minor

Latin

Alternative forms

• ursa minor

Proper noun

Ursa minor f sg (genitive Ursae minōris); first declension

1. (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.

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Declension

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

• Cynosūris Ursa

Hypernyms

• asterismus, cōnstēllātiō

Related terms

• Ursa major, also spelled ursa major

Descendants

• English: Ursa Minor