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‖ satelles Obs.|səˈtɛliːz|
Pl. satellites |səˈtɛlɪtiːz|.
[L. satelles, satellit-.]
Used by some writers of the 17th and early 18th c. for satellite n. 2.
1666Phil. Trans. I. 246 The other three Satellites in the time of this Eclipse, made by the Satelles, were Westwards of the Body of Jupiter. a1708Beveridge Priv. Th. ii. (1712) 337, I behold him there surrounded with an innumerable Company of holy Angels, as so many fixed Stars, and of glorified Saints as Planets enlightened by him; all his Satellites or Servants waiting upon him. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 65. 2/2 The Moon is the Earth's Satelles. 1732Pope Ess. Man i. 42 Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove? |