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Procyon
Pro′cy-on
,Noun.
[L., a constellation which rises before the Dog Star, Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] a dog. ]
1.
(Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Canis Minor, or the Little Dog.
2.
(Zool.)
A genus of mammals including the raccoon.
Definition 2024
Procyon
Procyon
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in place of”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”)
Proper noun
Procyon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Procyonidae – the raccoons.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Procyonidae - family; Procyoninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), Procyon lotor (common raccoon), Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon or pygmy raccoon) (species)
English
Procyon in constellation Canis Minor
Proper noun
Procyon
- (astronomy) A star in the constellation Canis Minor; Alpha (α) Canis Minoris. The eighth brightest star in the night sky.
Translations
Star
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn), from πρό (pró, “before”) + κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in reference to it preceding the "Dog Star" Sirius.
Proper noun
Procyōn m (genitive Procyōnis); third declension
References
- Procyon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Procyon in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Procyon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.