Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici

English

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. From Latin canes venatici (literally: "dogs of hunting").

Proper noun

Canes Venatici

1. (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a pair of hunting dogs (Chara and Asterion) held on a leash by Boötes and following the bear Ursa Major.

Derived terms

• Canum Venaticorum

Translations

constellation

Armenian: Որսկան շներ pl (Orskan šner) Chinese: Mandarin: 獵犬座 (zh) Estonian: Jahipenid pl Faroese: Veiðihundarnir m pl Finnish: Ajokoirat (fi) pl French: les Chiens de chasse (fr) m pl Galician: Cans de Caza (gl), Lebreiros (gl) German: die Jagdhunde (de) m pl Hungarian: Vadászebek (hu)

Irish: na Madraí Fiaigh m pl Japanese: りょうけん座 (ja), 猟犬座 (ja) Korean: 사냥개자리 (sanyanggaejari) Latin: Canes Venatici Malay: Anjing Pemburu Polish: Psy Gończe (pl) m pl Portuguese: Canes Venatici f Russian: Го́нчие Псы (ru) pl (Gónčije Psy) Spanish: Canes Venatici

See also

• Canis Major
• Canis Minor
• Cor Caroli

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Canes Venatici f

1. (astronomy) Canes Venatici (dim spring constellation of the northern sky)