Orion
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English Orioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Ōrīōn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orion (plural Orions)
- (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
- (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
- A surname
- A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
- 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, 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.
- 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:
- A female given name.
- A place name or the name of a geographical feature.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
in mythology
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constellation
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See also
- Orion's Belt
- Orion Nebula
Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Dutch
Proper noun
Orion m
Synonyms
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orion
Declension
Inflection of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Orion | — | |
genitive | Orionin | — | |
partitive | Orionia | — | |
illative | Orioniin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Orion | — | |
accusative | nom. | Orion | — |
gen. | Orionin | ||
genitive | Orionin | — | |
partitive | Orionia | — | |
inessive | Orionissa | — | |
elative | Orionista | — | |
illative | Orioniin | — | |
adessive | Orionilla | — | |
ablative | Orionilta | — | |
allative | Orionille | — | |
essive | Orionina | — | |
translative | Orioniksi | — | |
abessive | Orionitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Orion
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/, [oːˈriːoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈri.on/, [oˈriːon]
Proper noun
Ōrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ōrīōn |
Genitive | Ōrīōnis |
Dative | Ōrīōnī |
Accusative | Ōrīōnem |
Ablative | Ōrīōne |
Vocative | Ōrīōn |
References
- “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Orion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Orion m
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