CANICULA — Stella lucida in ore canis, quae quod Canem diem unum, noctemque antevertat, a Graecis Procyon, a Cicerone etiam Antecanis appellatur. Vide Erigone, et Caesii Caelum Astronomico poeticum, p. 250. Salmasio proprie προκύων, qui et Canis minor… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Canicula — Ca*nic u*la, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canicula — [kə nik′yo͞o lə] n. 〚L, dim. of canis, dog: see HOUND1〛 Rare Sirius, the Dog Star * * * … Universalium
CANICULA Piscis — vide infra Thursio, item Canis marinus … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Canicula — [kə nik′yo͞o lə] n. [L, dim. of canis, dog: see HOUND1] Rare Sirius, the Dog Star … English World dictionary
Canicula — Datenbanklinks zu Sirius (α Canis Majoris) Doppelstern Sirius (α CMa) … Deutsch Wikipedia
CANIS — I. CANIS Arabiae Felicis fluv. Ptol. II. CANIS Ordo equestris a Buchardo IV. ex Montmorantia famil. primo Galliae Barone, institutus; qui pace cum Philippo I. vel Ludov. fil. eius potius, a quo arce quâdam exutus erat, quod Adrianum Abbatem S.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Canis Major — Daten des Sternbildes Großer Hund Deutscher Name Großer Hund Lateinischer Name Canis Major Lateinischer Genitiv Canis Majoris Lateinische Abkürzung CMa Lage Himmelsäquator … Deutsch Wikipedia
Canicula — Dog Star Dog Star Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; called also {Canicula}, and, in astronomical charts, {[alpha] Canis Majoris}. See {Dog days}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canicula — noun the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major • Syn: ↑Sirius, ↑Dog Star, ↑Sothis • Derivationally related forms: ↑canicular • Instance Hypernyms: ↑binary star, ↑binary, ↑ … Useful english dictionary