Orion

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōriōn), from Akkadian Uru-anna, 'heaven's light'.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Orion

1. (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
2. (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
3. A male given name of modern usage.
   • 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, ISBN 0060130474, page 113:

     In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.

Synonyms

• (constellation): the Hunter, ensifer

Derived terms

• orionid
• Orionis

Translations

in mythology

• Catalan: Orió
• Esperanto: Oriono (eo)
• French: Orion (fr)
• German: Orion (de)
• Greek: Ωρίων (el) (Oríon) m
• Inuktitut: ᐅᕇᐅᓐ (iu) (Uriiun)

• Italian: Orione
• Marathi: ओरायन (mr) (orāyana)
• Portuguese: Orion (pt)
• Russian: Орион (orión)
• Spanish: Orión (es)

constellation

• Arabic: الجبار (ar)
• Catalan: Orió
• Central Melanau: belatiek
• Esperanto: Oriono
• Finnish: Orion (fi), Väinämöisen Viikate (fi), kalevanmiekka (fi)
• French: Orion (fr)
• German: Orion (de)
• Greek: Ωρίων (el) (Oríon) m
• Italian: Orion, Orione

• Latin: Orion (la), ensifer (la)
• Malay: bintang belantik (ms), bintang beluku (ms), bintang tiga beradik (ms), jabar (ms), Orion (ms)
• Old English: eoforþring (ang) n
• Portuguese: Orion (pt)
• Russian: Орион (orión)
• Spanish: Orión (es)
• Turkish: Orion (tr), Avcı (tr)

See also

• Orion's Belt
• Orion Nebula
• Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Orion (mythology)
• Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Orion (constellation)

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Dutch

Proper noun

Orion m

1. (astronomy) Orion

Synonyms

• Jager

Derived terms

• Orionnevel

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Finnish

Proper noun

Orion

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Declension of Orion (type risti) singular plural nominative Orion – genitive Orionin – partitive Orionia – accusative Orion Orionin – inessive Orionissa – elative Orionista – illative Orioniin – adessive Orionilla – ablative Orionilta – allative Orionille – essive Orionina – translative Orioniksi – instructive – – abessive Orionitta – comitative – –

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ώρίων (Ōriōn).

Proper noun

Ōrīōn (genitive Ōrīōnis); m, third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.