Procyon

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Procyon m

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

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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

Proper noun

Procyon

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

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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 (genitive Procyōnis); third declension

  1. (astronomy) Canis Minor

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
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