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|lshtext=<b>septentrĭōnes</b>: (septemptrĭōnes), um (sing. and [[tmesis]],<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]), m. [[septemtrio]]; [[prop]]. the [[seven]] [[plough]]-oxen; [[hence]], as a [[constellation]],<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[seven]] stars [[near]] the [[north]] [[pole]] (called also the Wain, and the Great or Little Bear): [[neque]] se [[septentriones]] [[quoquam]] in [[caelo]] commovent, Plant. Am. 1, 1, 117; Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; cf. in tmesi: quas nostri [[septem]] soliti vocitare [[Triones]], id. Arat. in N. D. 2, 41, 105; so, gurgite caeruleo [[septem]] prohibete triones, Ov. M. 2, 528.—Sing.: [[septentrio]] non cernitur, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 83; so, major, the Great Bear, Vitr. 6, 11: [[minor]], the Little Bear, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Vitr. 1. 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[northern]] regions, the [[north]] (as a [[quarter]] of the heavens).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: [[satis]] notum est, limites regionesque esse caeli [[quattuor]]: exortum, occasum, meridiem, [[septentriones]], Gell. 2, 22, 3 sq.: inflectens sol cursum tum ad [[septentriones]], tum ad meridiem, aestates et hiemes efficit, Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 1; 1, 16; 4, 20; 5, 13; 7, 83; Mel. 2, 6, 3; 3, 1, 9; 3, 2, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: [[latus]] [[oriens]] spectat: [[septentrio]] a Macedoniā obicitur, Liv. 32, 13; Mel. 1, 1, 1; 2, 6, 3; Sen. Q. N. 5, 16; Tac. A. 2, 23; 13, 53; id. H. 5, 6 al.—In tmesi: Hyperboreo [[septem]] subjecta trioni Gens, Verg. G. 3, 381; Ov. M. 1, 64.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[north]] [[wind]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: ex eā [[die]] fuere [[septentriones]] venti, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sing.: [[acer]] [[septentrio]] [[ortus]] inclinatum [[stagnum]] [[eodem]], quo [[aestus]], ferebat, Liv. 26, 45: a septentrionali latere [[summus]] est [[aquilo]], [[medius]] [[septentrio]], [[imus]] thrascias, Sen. Q. N. 5, 16, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Sing., [[northern]] countries, the [[north]] (as [[territory]]; [[very]] [[rare]]): totum [[paene]] Orientem ac Septentrionem ruinā suā involvit, Flor. 3, 5, 21.
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