Berenice's hairn.

/bɛrəˈnʌɪsɪz hɛː/

Etymology: < Berenice, name of the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes, king of Egypt, c248 b.c., whose hair, vowed by her to Venus, was said to have been stolen from the temple of the goddess, and afterwards taken to heaven and placed in a constellation.

The name of a small northern constellation of indistinct stars situated near the tail of Leo; formerly of the southern star Canopus.

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Berenice's hair1601

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Canopus

Canopus1555

Berenice's hair1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 34 Neither hath Italy a sight of Canopus, named also Berenices haire.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 375 Not Berenice's Locks first rose so bright, The Skies bespangling with dishevel'd Light.

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 372 In Berenice's Hair most of the stars are visible to the naked eye.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	berenices hair
释义	Berenice's hairn. /bɛrəˈnʌɪsɪz hɛː/ Etymology: < Berenice, name of the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes, king of Egypt, c248 b.c., whose hair, vowed by her to Venus, was said to have been stolen from the temple of the goddess, and afterwards taken to heaven and placed in a constellation. The name of a small northern constellation of indistinct stars situated near the tail of Leo; formerly of the southern star Canopus. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Coma Bereniceae Berenice's hair1601 the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Canopus Canopus1555 Berenice's hair1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 34 Neither hath Italy a sight of Canopus, named also Berenices haire. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 375 Not Berenice's Locks first rose so bright, The Skies bespangling with dishevel'd Light. 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 372 In Berenice's Hair most of the stars are visible to the naked eye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1601
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