Muscan.

Brit.

/ˈmʌskə/, U.S.

/ˈməskə/

Forms:

α. 1700s– Musca.

β. (In Latin genitive form) 1800s– Muscae Brit. /ˈmʌskʌɪ/, /ˈmʌskiː/, U.S. /ˈməskaɪ/, /ˈməski/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin musca.

Etymology: < classical Latin musca fly (perhaps ultimately related to midge n.); in sense 1 after post-classical Latin Musca (J. B. Riccioli Almagestum Novum (1651) I. i. vi. v. 410/1), itself after corresponding use of Dutch Vlieghe (now Vlieg : see fly n.¹), adopted as the name of the constellation by F. de Houtman in Spraeckende Woord-boeck (1603) sig. Ffiv^v. Compare French mouche (1718 in sense 1; 1691 as mouche indienne).The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin.

Astronomy.

1. (The name of) a small constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying in the Milky Way between the Southern Cross and the south celestial pole; the Fly. Also (in form Muscae) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Mus (without point).Formerly also called Apis, the Bee (Johann Bayer Uranometria (1603)). In early use sometimes called Musca Australis (the Southern Fly) to distinguish it from sense 2.

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1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 139 Chamaeleon..is placed directly under the Constellation Musca or the Fly.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 547 The new Southern Constellations... Apis, Musca. The Bee or Fly.

1810 J. Greig Astrography vi. 178 Musca Australis. The southern Bee, or Fly, lies S. of Crux, by the antarctic circle.

1824 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 114 467 (table) Names and Magnitudes of Stars... γ Muscæ.

1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 1897–8 62 420 In the contiguous constellations of Musca, Crux, Centaurus, Lupus, and Scorpio there are 27 helium stars.

1945 Science 20 Apr. 12/2 The newly discovered white dwarfs are located in the southern constellation of Pavo..and two are fairly close together in the constellation of Musca, the fly.

1972 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 82 100 South of the Cross and at its foot lies the small and faint constellation of Musca, which is the third closest constellation to the south celestial pole.

1990 P. S. Harrington Touring Universe through Binoculars vii. 182 NGC 4833 is a large, moderately faint globular cluster found less than a degree northwest of 4th-magnitude Delta Muscae.

†2. (The name of) a former constellation consisting of a group of stars near the constellation of Aries. Obsolete. rare.

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1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 60 The comet [observed from Paris] was at a small distance from the brightest star of the constellation of musca, which Flamstead, in the second edition of his catalogue, makes of the 3d magnitude.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musca
释义	Muscan. Brit. /ˈmʌskə/, U.S. /ˈməskə/ Forms: α. 1700s– Musca. β. (In Latin genitive form) 1800s– Muscae Brit. /ˈmʌskʌɪ/, /ˈmʌskiː/, U.S. /ˈməskaɪ/, /ˈməski/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin musca. Etymology: < classical Latin musca fly (perhaps ultimately related to midge n.); in sense 1 after post-classical Latin Musca (J. B. Riccioli Almagestum Novum (1651) I. i. vi. v. 410/1), itself after corresponding use of Dutch Vlieghe (now Vlieg : see fly n.¹), adopted as the name of the constellation by F. de Houtman in Spraeckende Woord-boeck (1603) sig. Ffiv^v. Compare French mouche (1718 in sense 1; 1691 as mouche indienne).The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin. Astronomy. 1. (The name of) a small constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying in the Milky Way between the Southern Cross and the south celestial pole; the Fly. Also (in form Muscae) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Mus (without point).Formerly also called Apis, the Bee (Johann Bayer Uranometria (1603)). In early use sometimes called Musca Australis (the Southern Fly) to distinguish it from sense 2. ΚΠ 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere App. 139 Chamaeleon..is placed directly under the Constellation Musca or the Fly. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 547 The new Southern Constellations... Apis, Musca. The Bee or Fly. 1810 J. Greig Astrography vi. 178 Musca Australis. The southern Bee, or Fly, lies S. of Crux, by the antarctic circle. 1824 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 114 467 (table) Names and Magnitudes of Stars... γ Muscæ. 1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 1897–8 62 420 In the contiguous constellations of Musca, Crux, Centaurus, Lupus, and Scorpio there are 27 helium stars. 1945 Science 20 Apr. 12/2 The newly discovered white dwarfs are located in the southern constellation of Pavo..and two are fairly close together in the constellation of Musca, the fly. 1972 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 82 100 South of the Cross and at its foot lies the small and faint constellation of Musca, which is the third closest constellation to the south celestial pole. 1990 P. S. Harrington Touring Universe through Binoculars vii. 182 NGC 4833 is a large, moderately faint globular cluster found less than a degree northwest of 4th-magnitude Delta Muscae. †2. (The name of) a former constellation consisting of a group of stars near the constellation of Aries. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1767 Philos. Trans. 1766 (Royal Soc.) 56 60 The comet [observed from Paris] was at a small distance from the brightest star of the constellation of musca, which Flamstead, in the second edition of his catalogue, makes of the 3d magnitude. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1675
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