Ossa Menor

Old Spanish

Etymology

Calque of Latin Ursa Minor (literally “lesser she-bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈosa meˈnoɾ/

Proper noun

Ossa Menor f

1. (astronomy) Ursa Minor
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v:

     Et la eſtrella que es enel cabo dela oſſa menor aque llaman el cabrito de benanays a poder ⁊ ſennorio ſobreſta piedra.

     And the star on the rear of the Little Bear, the one they call the goat kid of Benanays, has power and dominion over this stone.

Related terms

• Ossa Mayor (“Ursa Major, the Great Bear”)

Descendants

• Spanish: Osa Menor