Procyon

Translingual

Procyon lotor

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before, in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”)

Proper noun

Procyon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – raccoons.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Procyonidae – family; Procyoninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Procyon lotor (common raccoon) - type species; Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon or pygmy raccoon) - other extant species

References

• Procyon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Procyon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Procyon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Procyon in constellation Canis Minor

Etymology

From Latin Procyōn, from Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) +‎ κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊsiˌɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊsiˌɑn/

Proper noun

Procyon

1. (astronomy) A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.

Translations

Star

• Arabic: الشِّعْرَى اَلشَّامِيَّة f (aš-šiʕrā š-šāmiyya)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 南河三 (naam⁴ ho⁴ saam¹)

  Mandarin: 南河三 (Nánhésān)

• French: Procyon (fr)
• German: Prokyon
• Greek:

  Ancient: Προκύων m (Prokúōn)

• Italian: Procione
• Maori: Puangahori
• Russian: Процион (ru) (Procion)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ruaill Bheag f
• Spanish: Procyon

See also

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.

Proper noun

Procyōn m sg (genitive Procyōnis); third declension

1. (astronomy) Canis Minor

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Procyōn
genitive	Procyōnis
dative	Procyōnī
accusative	Procyōnem
ablative	Procyōne
vocative	Procyōn

References

• “Procyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Procyon”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Procyon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.