Orion
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /ɒˈɹaɪ.ən/, /əʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /oʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪən
Proper noun
editOrion (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.
- A female given name.
- Place names:
- A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
- A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
- A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
- A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
- A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
- A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
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constellation
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See also
edit- Orion's Belt
- Orion Nebula
- Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editDutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editOrion m
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editOrion
Declension
editInflection 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
editJapanese
editRomanization
editOrion
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/, [oːˈriːoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈri.on/, [oˈriːon]
Proper noun
editŌrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ōrīōn |
Genitive | Ōrīōnis |
Dative | Ōrīōnī |
Accusative | Ōrīōnem |
Ablative | Ōrīōne |
Vocative | Ōrīōn |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editOrion m
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