ursa
Βουλόμεθα πλουτεῖν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Ditescere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Wir wollen alle reich sein, doch wir können's nicht
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ursa: ae, f. ursus,
I a she-bear.
I Lit., Ov. M. 2, 485; 13, 803; 13, 836; 15, 379; id. F. 2, 181; Mart. 6, 25, 2.—
B Poet., a bear, in gen., Verg. A. 5, 37; Ov. M. 12, 319; 14, 255.—
II Transf.: Ursa, as a constellation, either Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, or Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear, Ov. H. 18 (17), 152; id. Tr. 1, 4, 1; 3, 11, 8; 5, 3, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 724; Suet. Aug. 80.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ursa,¹² æ, f., ourse, femelle de l’ours : Plin. 10, 176 ; Ov. M. 2, 485 || la Grande Ourse ou la Petite Ourse [constellations] : Ov. H. 18, 152 ; Tr. 1, 4, 1 || le Nord, les contrées septentrionales : Val. Flacc. 4, 724 || [poét.] ours [en gén.] : Virg. En. 5, 37.
