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单词 piscis austrinus
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Piscis Austrinusn.

Brit. /ˌpʌɪsɪs ɔːˈstrʌɪnəs/, /ˌpʌɪsɪs ɒˈstriːnəs/, U.S. /ˈˌpaɪsɪs ɔˈstraɪnəs/, /ˈˌpaɪsɪs ɔˈstrinəs/
Forms:

α. 1600s Pisces Austrina, 1600s– Piscis Austrinus.

β. (In Latin genitive form) 1700s– Piscis Austrini.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Piscis austrīnus.
Etymology: < classical Latin Piscis austrīnus < piscis fish (see Pisces n. and adj.) + austrīnus austrine adj. Compare Piscis Australis n.The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin.
Astronomy.
(The name of) a small constellation of the southern hemisphere south of Aquarius, containing the star Fomalhaut; the Southern Fish. Also (in form Piscis Austrini) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated PsA (without point).One of the 48 Ptolemaic constellations.
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1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes ii. vi. 107 The fourteenth [constellation] is Corona Australis, the South Crowne... The fifteenth is Piscis Austrinus, the South Fish.
1659 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. 17 The othe 15 are scituated in the South Hemisphear, and called 1 Cetus, 2 Orion..15 Pisces Austrina.
1785 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 125 Double. About 1¼ degree s[outh] of, and a little preceding ε Piscis austrini.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 186/2 Piscis Australis or Austrinus, or Notius (the Southern Fish), one of the old constellations situated directly under Aquarius.
1906 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 205 399 Note to Piscis austrinus..September 22, 1795. This constellation, on account of its low situation, can be of no use for comparative magnitudes.
1964 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 27 513 The most outstanding candidate seems to be Fomalhaut, α-Piscis Austrini.
1994 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. 28/7 Piscis Austrinus will be at its highest altitude of only 9 deg. due south.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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