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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

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.

Latin > German (Georges)

ursa, ae, f. (v. ursus), I) die Bärin, Plin., Ov. u.a.: mansues, Apul. – poet. = Bär übh., Verg. u. Ov. – II) meton., als Sternbild des nördl. Himmels, der große und der kleine Bär, ursa caelestis, Suet.: ursae rigor, die Nordkälte, Val. Flacc. – ursa maior od. Erymanthis od. Maenalis od. Parrhasis, der große Bär, ursa minor od. ursa Cynosuris, der kleine Bär, Ov. – / Dat. u. Abl. Plur. ursabus, Anecd. Helv. 93, 32 (ohne Beleg).

Latin > English

ursa ursae N F :: she-bear; Great Bear