Ophiuchusn.

Brit.

/ɒˈfjuːkəs/,

/ˌɒfɪˈuːkəs/, U.S.

/ɑˈfjukəs/

Forms:

α. 1500s– Ophiuchus, 1600s Ophiouchus, 1600s Ophiucus.

β. (In Latin genitive form) 1700s– Ophiuchi Brit. /ɒˈfjuːkiː/, /ˌɒfɪˈuːkiː/, U.S. /ɑˈfjuki/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ophiūchus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Ophiūchus, denoting the constellation, in post-classical Latin also (representation of) a man holding a snake (1600 in the passage translated in quot. 1610 at sense 2) < ancient Greek ὀϕιοῦχος , denoting the constellation, literally ‘serpent-holder’ < Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- ophio- comb. form + ancient Greek -οχος , o-grade form related to ἔχειν to hold (see Hector n.).The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin.

1. Astronomy. (The name of) a large constellation on the celestial equator lying between the constellations of Hercules and Scorpio; the Serpent-bearer. Also (in form Ophiuchi) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Oph (without point).Described by Hyginus (1st cent. b.c.) who mentions four mythological associations before noting that many astronomers identify the constellation with Aesculapius, the physician with whose worship serpents were always associated.One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations. In Ptolemy's catalogue (2nd cent. a.d.) it just crosses the ecliptic, as it still does (following the constellation boundaries agreed by the International Astronomical Union in 1933) but it was never traditionally considered a sign of the zodiac.

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Ophiuchus1556

serpent-bearer1556

Serpentarius1728

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 264 An other constellation is there which ioyneth heade to heade with Hercules, and is called of the Greekes, Ophiuchus, and of the latines Serpentarius.

1651 V. Wing Harmonicon 255 In the hip of Ophiuchus.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 709 And like a Comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiucus huge In th' Artick Sky.

1683 J. Flamsteed Gresham Lect. (1975) 333 It equalled y^e bright star in y^e right knee of Ophiuchus on y^e 13th of September.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Serpentarius In Astronomy, a Constellation of the Northern Hemisphere, call'd also Ophiuchus, and anciently Æsculapius.

1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 211 (heading) Ptol. 13th and 18th Ophiuchi, 4th magnitude.

1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours xi. 254 To account for the appearance of the Milky Way between Centaurus and Ophiuchus.

1885 R. Hill Stars & Constellations iii. 17 Out of the twenty-five days, from the 21^st of November to the 16^th of December, which the sun spends in passing from Libra to Sagittarius, only nine are spent in the Scorpion, the other sixteen being occupied in passing through Ophiuchus.

1942 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 28 485 The excitation temperature of the nuclear star Nova Ophiuchi 1933 (RS Ophiuchi) could not have been less than 10⁵ degrees.

1975 R. Kelly Loom xvi. 204 Ophiuchus overhead, a dragon no man throttles. The Bear turned away from the Pole. Dark early.

1995 Focus Aug. 65/3 The stars above Jupiter form the outline of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, which achieved some notoriety earlier this year as ‘the thirteenth sign of the Zodiac’.

†2. (A representation of) a man holding a snake. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1610 as a proper name.

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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. 236 Betweene the West and South gates, Ophiuchus [L. Ophiucum] enwrapped with a serpent.

1670 J. Aubrey Pref. in Ess. Descr. N. Div. Wilts. (MS Aubrey 3) f. 10^v A bass-relieve of an Ophiouchus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ophiuchus
释义	Ophiuchusn. Brit. /ɒˈfjuːkəs/, /ˌɒfɪˈuːkəs/, U.S. /ɑˈfjukəs/ Forms: α. 1500s– Ophiuchus, 1600s Ophiouchus, 1600s Ophiucus. β. (In Latin genitive form) 1700s– Ophiuchi Brit. /ɒˈfjuːkiː/, /ˌɒfɪˈuːkiː/, U.S. /ɑˈfjuki/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Ophiūchus. Etymology: < classical Latin Ophiūchus, denoting the constellation, in post-classical Latin also (representation of) a man holding a snake (1600 in the passage translated in quot. 1610 at sense 2) < ancient Greek ὀϕιοῦχος , denoting the constellation, literally ‘serpent-holder’ < Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- ophio- comb. form + ancient Greek -οχος , o-grade form related to ἔχειν to hold (see Hector n.).The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin. 1. Astronomy. (The name of) a large constellation on the celestial equator lying between the constellations of Hercules and Scorpio; the Serpent-bearer. Also (in form Ophiuchi) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Oph (without point).Described by Hyginus (1st cent. b.c.) who mentions four mythological associations before noting that many astronomers identify the constellation with Aesculapius, the physician with whose worship serpents were always associated.One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations. In Ptolemy's catalogue (2nd cent. a.d.) it just crosses the ecliptic, as it still does (following the constellation boundaries agreed by the International Astronomical Union in 1933) but it was never traditionally considered a sign of the zodiac. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Ophiucus Ophiuchus1556 serpent-bearer1556 Serpentarius1728 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 264 An other constellation is there which ioyneth heade to heade with Hercules, and is called of the Greekes, Ophiuchus, and of the latines Serpentarius. 1651 V. Wing Harmonicon 255 In the hip of Ophiuchus. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 709 And like a Comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiucus huge In th' Artick Sky. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Flamsteed Gresham Lect. (1975) 333 It equalled y^e bright star in y^e right knee of Ophiuchus on y^e 13th of September. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Serpentarius In Astronomy, a Constellation of the Northern Hemisphere, call'd also Ophiuchus, and anciently Æsculapius. 1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 211 (heading) Ptol. 13th and 18th Ophiuchi, 4th magnitude. 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours xi. 254 To account for the appearance of the Milky Way between Centaurus and Ophiuchus. 1885 R. Hill Stars & Constellations iii. 17 Out of the twenty-five days, from the 21^st of November to the 16^th of December, which the sun spends in passing from Libra to Sagittarius, only nine are spent in the Scorpion, the other sixteen being occupied in passing through Ophiuchus. 1942 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 28 485 The excitation temperature of the nuclear star Nova Ophiuchi 1933 (RS Ophiuchi) could not have been less than 10⁵ degrees. 1975 R. Kelly Loom xvi. 204 Ophiuchus overhead, a dragon no man throttles. The Bear turned away from the Pole. Dark early. 1995 Focus Aug. 65/3 The stars above Jupiter form the outline of Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer, which achieved some notoriety earlier this year as ‘the thirteenth sign of the Zodiac’. †2. (A representation of) a man holding a snake. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1610 as a proper name. ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. 236 Betweene the West and South gates, Ophiuchus [L. Ophiucum] enwrapped with a serpent. 1670 J. Aubrey Pref. in Ess. Descr. N. Div. Wilts. (MS Aubrey 3) f. 10^v A bass-relieve of an Ophiouchus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1556
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