Ossa Menor
Old Spanish
Etymology
Calque of Latin Ursa Minor (literally “lesser she-bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈo.sa meˈnor]
Proper noun
Ossa Menor f
- (astronomy) Ursa Minor
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.
- Et la eſtrella que es enel cabo dela oſſa menor aque llaman el cabrito de benanays a poder ¬ ſennorio ſobreſta piedra.
- And the star on the rear of the Little Bear, the one they call the goat kid of Benanays, has power and dominion over this stone.
- Et la eſtrella que es enel cabo dela oſſa menor aque llaman el cabrito de benanays a poder ¬ ſennorio ſobreſta piedra.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v.
Related terms
- Ossa Mayor (“Ursa Major, the Great Bear”)
Descendants
- Spanish: Osa Menor