Canes Venatici

English

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin canes venatici (literally: "dogs of hunting").

Proper noun

Canes Venatici

1. (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pair of hunting dogs (Chara and Asterion) held on a leash by Boötes and following the bear Ursa Major.
   • 2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 215:

     The sky was very clear and I could see Cassiopeia and Orion and maybe Canes Venatici, but I was never too sure about that one.

Derived terms

• Canum Venaticorum

Translations

constellation

• Armenian: Որսկան շներ pl (Orskan šner)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獵犬座／猎犬座 (zh) (Lièquǎnzuò)

• Estonian: Jahipenid pl
• Faroese: Veiðihundarnir m pl
• Finnish: Ajokoirat (fi) pl
• French: les Chiens de chasse (fr) m pl
• Galician: Cans de Caza (gl), Lebreiros (gl)
• German: die Jagdhunde (de) m pl
• Hungarian: Vadászebek (hu)
• Icelandic: Veiðihundarnir (is) m pl
• Irish: na Madraí Fiaigh m pl
• Japanese: りょうけん座 (ja), 猟犬座 (ja)
• Korean: 사냥개자리 (sanyanggaejari)
• Latin: Canes Venatici
• Malay: Anjing Pemburu
• Polish: Psy Gończe (pl) m pl
• Portuguese: Canes Venatici (pt) f
• Russian: Го́нчие Псы (ru) pl (Gónčije Psy)
• Spanish: Canes Venatici

See also

• Canis Major
• Canis Minor
• Cor Caroli

Portuguese

Proper noun

Canes Venatici f

1. (astronomy) Canes Venatici (dim spring constellation of the northern sky)