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Orion Astron.|ɒˈraɪən|
[L. Ōrīon = Gr. Ὠρίων (ῑ or ῐ), name of one of the Giants of Greek mythology, a mighty hunter, slain by Artemis, and of the constellation by which he was represented.]
Name of a large and brilliant constellation south of the zodiac, figured as a hunter with belt and sword. Orion's hound, the dog-star, Sirius (S.E. of Orion).
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxiv. (1495) x v/2 Orion is a moost notable Constellacyon by cause of hugenesse and also of fayrnesse, and it is shape in the ordre of sterres as knighte gyrde wyth a swerde. 1490Caxton Eneydos xii. 46 The sygne of Oryon rendreth the watres to be proude and cruelle. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 31 Scorching flames of fierce Orions hound. 1674Moxon Tutor Astron. (ed. 2) ii. 70 The most Northerly Star in the Girdle of Orion doth yet decrease in Declination. 1842Tennyson Locksley Hall 8 Great Orion sloping slowly to the West. 1868Lockyer Elem. Astron. i. 33 The great nebula of Orion is situated in the part of the constellation occupied by the sword-handle. Mod. The three stars of second magnitude in Orion's Belt. |